RE: CHANGE10 Jul 2024 08:05
David7015: my take on this:
When I was at the AGM last year the Directors were all given a hard time as we known, including the reading out of a small essay by one MR Smith demanding changes, including Tim moving aside. I can remember very clearly Tim looking terrified the whole time whereas Stephen seemed to take the events in his stride. At the end of the formal proceedings a send follow on questions, Tim got up and immediately hid In a corner, only talking to a couple of shareholders that walked right up to him. Whereas Stephen immediately walked out into the room and started engaging with everyone, including the aforementioned Mr Smith. I watched him spend time facing up to some pretty difficult discussions and taking on board the many difficult feedbacks he was receiving.
The point I’m getting to is to my eye, Tim seemed to just want to hide and then get out of there ASAP, whereas as Stephen took the situation head on, in his stride and made a point of proactively talking to everyone. On this basis I for one am relieved that this change has gone through. I decided back then that I didn’t have much faith in Tim when the going gets tough, but totally the opposite for Stephen. I think the BOD situation is thus in a much better position as and when those big, business critical decisions come along