Paul Zahra quits as David Jones CEO Mr Zahra is resigning for personal reasons and will step down when a successor is found, the company told the Australian Securities Exchange on Monday after the market had closed. "I thank him for his contribution as CEO," he said in a statement. Total sales, however, fell by 1.2 per cent. Mr Zahra, who took up his job in June, 2010, thanked David Jones for giving him the opportunity to lead it. In a statement, David Jones said Mr Zahra came to the top job "facing a range of difficult issues" without mentioning Mr McInnes' resignation three years ago, after a sexual harassment complaint from a 25-year-old female junior publicist.