CSIRO’s Board has announced the reappointment of Chief Executive Larry Marshall’s contract until the end of the decade.
Chairman David Thodey confirmed the move in an email to staff, following a two day Board meeting in Sydney.
“Dr Marshall has our support to continue to implement (the) Strategy 2020,” Mr Thodey said.
The news was accompanied by the release of an all staff survey at CSIRO that reported what Dr Marshall described as “lowering morale,” and the results of an independent review by Ernst and Young into the restructure that resulted in the loss of hundreds of research positions.
The successful implementation of Strategy 2020 has suffered a serious blow with the results of an all staff survey displaying a picture of a divided organisation beset by low morale and a massive gulf between the views of the CSIRO Executive and the wider workforce.
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