C-suite clash | Post Office CFO quits after being off sick for the past year, amid claims of row with CEO

The Post Office's Chief Finance Officer has quit his role after being off work for more than a year on sick leave, amid rumours of a clash between him and the company's CEO.

Group CFO Alisdair Cameron, who had been with the organisation for nearly a decade, announced his departure via email to staff earlier this week.

His resignation comes amid allegations of a clash with the Post Office’s CEO, Nick Read, with some sources suggesting that Read had been trying to "get rid" Cameron for some time. 

This internal conflict surfaced as the business continued to deal with the repercussions of the Horizon IT scandal, a major miscarriage of justice where over 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted for fraud due to faults in the Horizon computer system.