Assuming the minister is correct, the chair and the CEO colluded to misrepresent the facts. This puts them in breach of their fiduciary duties. The courts would not allow parties to benefit from illicit dealings. How can she trust anything they say after she made the discovery. There can be no relationship. She can fire the board, bar Brian's return and defend her decision should they dare challenge it. What is she waiting for? The computers would provide a digital timeline for the correspondence around the resignation/unpaid leave/early retirement. That should prove very interesting. But then again the truth has not been important for a while now.