RE: Ian Ure9 Jul 2023 13:26
Work history of Ian Ure. From 2013 he ran his own company until joining H&W in 2022 , during that time he spent 4 years also contributing to the innovation thought leadership platform. Prior to that he spent 4 years at CGI , the prior 11 years are lumped together saying various roles from Coo to CEO , helping distressed companies. Therefore apart from his own company, the longest duration I can see he stayed anywhere is 4 years.
However , I think it is a loss and obviously disagreement arose about strategy moving forwards.
I would imagine the fact he was not on the board ( should have been imo) and Katya Zotova is , didn't assist.
This leads onto the current board
Ceo , CFO , Chairman and one NED , Katya.
I would very much like to see some additions and fast.
The current structure means that JW is offered little resistance to anything he wants to do. The CFO has an incredibly difficult job to perform and cannot be led by the nose.
I would imagine that Ure was a strong advocate of selling IM immediately to pay down some of the debt and focus on the other strands of the business in this early growth phase. JW wouldn't entertain it and hence his departure. I could be a million miles off the mark.
Katya too has taken up a new position alongside being a NED and board member, this is normal for NED's and doesn't concern me.