Mason Fitzgerald. Source: Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust
Mason Fitzgerald is due to become chief executive of the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) in April.
But, the trust confirmed to the BBC it was carrying out an independent review into claims that a master s of law degree from the University of Georgia in the US that Fitzgerald listed on several documents had, in fact, never been awarded.
BBC Look East journalists Nikki Fox and Matt Precey, who broke the story, approached the University of Georgia where Fitzgerald studied from 1999 to 2000 to confirm his degree. The university said he had attended but never graduated.
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