THE OTHER WEEK WE HAD a lobbyist in the boardroom — though I am still not sure why. The company secretary burbled something about the need to “elevate the directors’ capabilities in geopolitical risk”. However, I suspect it had more to do with the chief executive’s clunky campaign to secure his “K” before we give him the boot (of which more later).
This consultant was a familiar Westminster type with shirt buttons straining and a lot of mouth breathing. But I had to hand it to him — he