Paralympics CEO Catherine Clark quits ahead of Paris Games

The CEO of Paralympics Australia has resigned from her position, less than a month out from the Paris Games.

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00:00Well, the announcement has come as quite a shock with less than a month out from the

00:05Paralympic Games for Paris.

00:07Now, a statement was issued overnight by Paralympics Australia announcing that their CEO, Catherine

00:12Clarke, had resigned from the top job after more than two and a half years in that position.

00:17Ms Clarke has largely been credited for delivering the organisation's first reconciliation action

00:22plan and has also been well known for advocacy for equal team funding.

00:27In that statement, she thanked her supporters and said that the stage is well and truly

00:31set for Paris, the athletes and their support teams are ready, and that she hands over her

00:36role with complete confidence.

00:37However, of note, the statement didn't include Ms Clarke's reason for her departure and does

00:42follow weeks of speculation after she had missed several Paralympic events, even being

00:47absent from the official launch of the Paralympics team in Canberra on Tuesday.

00:52Now, in the interim, the organisation has announced that their head of communication,

00:56commercial and brand, Cameron Rory, will be taking over the position.

01:00However, the announcement does raise a lot more questions than it answers in the meantime.