Wolfe17 Mar 2014 09:41
Generally speaking,there isn't any rule that says talented directors have to succeed.Though they themselves decide when their life story is written when the fat lady is seen to sing.,and therefore those watch from the outside should not judge. I follow careers of several associated with shares I've had.
A. made discoveries from written-off areas bought from a major,made pots of money for his shareholders.Then he had a dispute about results based remunerations for him. The shareholders voted that down.He pumped huge amounts into new projects which were blank,now has retired,the company is still quite strong but far diminished from where it once was,
B. another got into projects with the intention of selling these off then getting more.Unfortunately while the shares tanked from high levels,prospective buyers kept putting off finalising deals.
Neither of these could be accused of nil benefits,in fact the shareholders who bailed out at the right time did well.The common factor wasn't any kind of incompetence,it was really the 2010 burst on commodity prices that did for those who tried hard,as much as for those who didn't. Unfortunately the ones who tried contained people who didn't deserve that fate,like MP for example.So I hope he does recover his losses.GL