Two Affinity Education executives resign after childcare scandals

CEO Tim Hickey and chief operating officer Nishad Alani both step down, with childcare group saying it is committed to safe care

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Two executives at the scandal-plagued childcare chain Affinity Education Group have resigned.

The moves come amid a difficult period for one of the nation’s largest childcare chains after multiple child sexual offences were laid against a former employee, Joshua Brown, in July.