CEO on right path29 Oct 2023 17:28
Most UK plc CEOs are completely clueless. TCAP leader Breteau has got it right. So good they kicked out the previous failure! Breateau said in the previous Half Year update:
1. "Our focus on productivity, contribution, and tight cost management, generated an uplift in profit and EBIT margin"
2. "The £100m of cash we targeted in the first half last year has been freed up 6 months ahead of schedule;it will be used to pay down debt. We are also announcing, starting today, a share buyback programme of £30m, and will continue to assess opportunities to free up cash to further invest in the business, pay down more debt, and/or return more capital to shareholders "
3. "Delivered £38m (annualised) Liquidnet integration cost synergies (target of at least £30m), six months ahead of schedule."
4. "Dynamic capital management: reducing debt, interim dividend up 7%, launching a £30m buyback programme"
Targeted £100m of cash, generated by opportunities following Jersey re-domiciliation, freed up six months ahead of schedule; being used to reduce debt and other financing obligations. Decreases future net finance costs, increases investment grade rating headroom. "
5. Alongside ongoing investment opportunities, continue to assess opportunities to free up cash to pay down more debt, and/or return further capital to shareholders."
There are not too many CEOs who can point to such progeress and specifically point to outcomes that benefit the shareholders, and focus on those outcomes. Most UK pls CEOs just do the job. I think Breteau is actually looking out for the owers of the company, i.e. shareholders. That is good to see - common in USA - rare in UK. This is why the US companies constantly outperform.