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Randy Brown has been named acting CEO of Westoba Credit Union. (FILE PHOTO)
Westoba Credit Union has announced that its CEO, who faces allegations of sexual assault, has been placed on a personal leave of absence.
Wayne George McLeod has been replaced by an acting CEO, Randy Brown.
Westoba Credit Union board of directors chairman Larry Wark said the decision was made after the board weighed all options and consulted legal counsel.
Wark said the board decided that the change would be in the best interests of credit union members, employees and McLeod himself.
"Basically, it came to a decision that the best thing to do at this point in time would be to have Mr. McLeod placed on a leave of absence," Wark said on Friday after Westoba sent out a press release to announce the switch.
Wark said McLeod had notified the board of the charges against him some time ago, prior to the case being publicized.
Brown has been a Westoba employee for 27 years and has been a branch manager in Glenboro, Carberry and Brandon. He has been vice-president of business development since 2005.
Wark explained that McLeod remains CEO but isn’t performing his CEO duties while on leave. As such, he remains an employee of the credit union and is being paid.
McLeod, 64, is charged with four counts of sexual assault, one count of sexual interference and three counts of sexual exploitation.
It’s alleged that a man sexually assaulted and sexually touched a female youth on multiple occasions 14 to 18 years ago. The complainant is now an adult.
Details of the case haven’t been presented in court and the allegations haven’t been proven.
The complainant in the case is McLeod’s former stepdaughter, Jessica Luhowy. Last week, in a rare move, Luhowy waived her right to have her identity protected by a publication ban.
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition September 8, 2012
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Westoba Credit Union has announced that its CEO, who faces allegations of sexual assault, has been placed on a personal leave of absence.
Wayne George McLeod has been replaced by an acting CEO, Randy Brown.
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Westoba Credit Union has announced that its CEO, who faces allegations of sexual assault, has been placed on a personal leave of absence.
Wayne George McLeod has been replaced by an acting CEO, Randy Brown.
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