After braving an avalanche of scalding criticism over her appointment, Jenitha John has resigned as CEO of the audit regulator, the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (Irba), following a bruising eight months in the job.

It was an appointment, made by Irba’s former board, that always seemed destined for disaster. As the former top audit executive of FirstRand with a vaunted 25-year career, John was highly rated...

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