Australian Olympic Committee names panel looking into bullying claims made against Mike Tancred
AOC media director Mike Tancred will have bullying claims made against him investigated. (AAP)
The Australian Olympic Committee has named the members of an independent panel appointed to investigate bullying allegations against media director Mike Tancred.
The claims were made by former AOC chief executive Fiona de Jong, who says the case was among a dozen instances of workplace harassment in the AOC from 2004 to last year.
Former High Court justices Susan Crennan and Ian Callinan will sit alongside ex-NSW Supreme Court judge Greg James on the independent committee.
De Jong's formal complaint alleges Tancred threatened her after she quit her job last year.
Tancred has denied the claim.
The committee will report back by June 1, which means the investigation will be taking place in the dying days of the AOC presidential election battle.
Olympic hockey gold medallist Danni Roche is bidding to oust AOC president John Coates, in the first challenge to his position since he took the role in 1990.
The AOC will vote on the presidency on May 6.
In a separate probe, incoming chief executive Matt Carroll will lead an investigation into workplace practices.
