GREG Leach will become chief executive officer of the Country Fire Authority next month.
The former Rheola brigade volunteer who became a professional firefighter in 1988 is currently chief executive of the State Emergency Service.
He returned to Victoria a year ago to take up the SES role after four years as Queensland Fire and Emergency Services commissioner.
CFA board chair Jo Plummer said: “I know that Greg is very excited by the prospect of returning to CFA to continue the ongoing program of work to ensure CFA is a great place to volunteer and work, and a contemporary, progressive emergency service.”
Mr Leach is also a current member of the board of the Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Council.