Essex chairman right to stand down, says CEO

Essex's former chairman was right to step down after the scandal that led to him being disbarred from the Barristers' Tribunal Service, the club's CEO has said.

Anurag Mohindru was found to have lied by stating on his CV he studied at the University of Oxford when applying for a senior job.

He was disbarred on Friday before the club announced he had resigned from his role as chairman on Tuesday.

In an exclusive interview with BBC Essex, chief executive officer Dan Feist said it was the correct decision for him to resign and the club had followed the correct processes when hiring Mohindru.

"It's very clear if you look at the fit and proper persons' test, the judgement that came unfortunately for Anu, and we must thank him and understand his situation as well, he reviewed it and took the decision that he was unable to stand as chair and as director of the club currently while he looks into his next steps in terms of his own personal situation," he said.

Anurag Mohindru was disbarred after he was found to have lied on his CV

The allegation against Mohindru dated back to between late 2012 and early 2013, when he applied for a role at 23 Essex Street Chambers.

He was found by the Bar Standards Board to have "deliberately exaggerated his academic achievements and qualifications in an attempt to improve his tenancy prospects".

One allegation suggested he lied during a job interview about studying biomedical science at the University of Oxford, but the company found no record of a student with his name.

This was followed up with a CV in which he claimed to have studied medicine at the university from 1993 to 1994.

Feist said there was nothing seen in Mohindru's application to Essex that caused the club concern at the time.