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The hardest decision in leadership

Sir Terry Leahy was a legendary figure in British business during his time as chief executive of Tesco. Sir Terry worked his way up the Tesco ranks to become chief executive in 1997, retiring in 2011. During the 2000s, when Tesco was in its pomp, Sir Terry was voted Britain’s business leader of t...

Flags on the map - why it's gone wrong at RSA

I can’t claim ownership of this perspective on why RSA has hit the buffers, culminating in chief executive Simon Lee’s departure on Friday 13 December, but in the blizzard of media stories that followed the top man’s stepping down, few commentators have analysed why RSA has got itself into this m...

Down Under to the rescue

My mentor – who knows a thing or two about running successful insurance companies, explained why Antipodeans are over here and in charge of UK financial services businesses, especially those that are distressed. John McFarlane (ex-executive Chairman of Aviva) took over after the once mighty insur...

A toxic mix - Certus comments on the Brooks/Coulson trial

After Storm St Jude cut a swathe through the South and East of England this week, leaving four people dead and a bill of as much as £500m, a second storm (of the tabloid variety) began at the Old Baile...

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