Details from Ms Szlakowski's complaint raise questions about the company's characterisation of Mr Pahari's conduct.

Ms Szlakowski was the unlisted AMP Capital's first hiring in North America in late 2016 and she reported to Mr Pahari,who was then the company's global head of infrastructure equity. The complaint alleged Mr Pahari earliest interactions with Ms Szlakowski included him chiding her for leaving work-related functions too early in the evening and asking her to tell him the age of the oldest man she had ever dated.

The complaint alleged that Mr Pahari's interest in Ms Szlakowski escalated in May 2017 when he spent $US10,000 ($13,900) in company funds to fly the US-based Ms Szlakowski to a London team meeting that her direct boss did not think she needed to attend.

On this trip he allegedly separated her from the rest of the team at a dinner and insisted she accompany him late at night to exclusive members-only club,Loulou's,to meet friends from his Ferrari-driving club.

Ms Szlakowski said in her complaint she had been uncomfortable being asked by her boss to secretly leave a work dinner but that,"It is very problematic,and perhaps prohibitive,to tell a man who holds the keys to your future,'no'.

"Mr Pahari then disappeared before I could think of a polite way to decline. I did say goodbye to my colleagues but I did not say I was leaving with Mr Pahari. In that moment,I felt compromised but what choice did I really have?"the complaint said.

That night Mr Pahari is also alleged to have directed Ms Szlakowski to withdraw cash using his credit card to buy clothes so he could take her to dinner in London's Top of The Shard restaurant. He allegedly told her that a refusal would be as humiliating as being told he had a"limp dick". Mr Pahari had also referred to a male colleague as a"fag,"the complaint alleges.

After leaving Loulou's,Mr Pahari allegedly accompanied Ms Szlakowski to the lobby of The Westbury hotel where she was staying. At about 3am he allegedly tried to convince Ms Szlakowski to extend her stay in London. When she politely declined,he allegedly walked over to the hotel front desk and extended her booking.

As he left,Mr Pahari allegedly said words to the effect:"You know Julia,no one at AMP needs to know about this."Phone records show Mr Pahari continued to call and text her between 3.29 and 3.35am. The document details how Mr Pahari allegedly asked Ms Szlakowski to use the WhatsApp messaging service to communicate with him so no one at AMP would know about their interactions.

After calling her fiance to describe the night's events,Ms Szlakowski rose early and flew back to America. She lodged a complaint with AMP in June 2017 and resigned in March 2018.

Mr Bornstein said when he had heard the company referring to"lower level breaches of the company's code of conduct"he assumed Mr Pahari had"told crude sexualised jokes or engaged in something of that nature".

"Now having reviewed the detailed allegations,it is clear that the company's public statements are deceptive and misleading because they trivialise what happened to Julia Szlakowski. There is nothing in AMP's public statements that acknowledge that Ms Szlakowski was[allegedly] sexually harassed and traumatised and that her career with the company was prematurely finished as a result of what happened,"he said.

When the story of the alleged sexual harassment became public in July,AMP said Mr Pahari had been financially penalised and counselled and that he accepted the findings and had apologised to his former colleague. However,Ms Szlakowski said she had not received an apology from Mr Pahari.

In a statement on Sunday,AMP said at the time Ms Szlakowski made her complaint the company"treated the matter seriously and conducted an investigation led by an external expert". It found that"many of the claims were not substantiated,"but"where breaches of AMP's code of conduct were found appropriate consequences were applied."

The statement said that,prior to Mr Pahari's appointment as AMP Capital CEO,the board and CEO had"reviewed the matter and the investigation findings and were satisfied the investigation was thorough and the consequences applied were both significant and appropriate".

In July,Mr Pahari said he was embarrassed by his actions.

"I genuinely regret that my comments made a colleague feel uncomfortable. It was never my intention,but I accept that they had an impact and I apologised and accepted the consequences,"he said.

This month,another senior male AMP executive left the giant finance company abruptly for sending inappropriate photographs to a female colleague.

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