A mistake i have made in the past - one of them anyway?9 Jun 2024 14:24
Is not holding the CEO to account fast enough.
In perspective, James Cheek and his predecessor David Budd earn more money per year than either Rishi Sunak, on £164,000 per year, and Joe Biden, on £316,000. Yet do they earn their money, are they held accountable for missed targets, and is pay, performance related in any way?
94% of PI's saved this company from a very precarious position by participating in the placing, saving the company from possible insolvency. Lets not be flippant about this.
JC and the sales team need to be held to the fire with regards to sales, commercial traction, and the controlling of cash burn. I've previously managed a team of 50 staff, and would have got a call from the regional manager if the monthly wage bill was £5.00 adverse to target. Each yearly KPIs would be scrutinised at my annual review, and rightly so.
I'll give you an example. At JCs first meeting on the 30th Nov 2023 he stated that the company were actively seeking sales around Europe for the stroke test, on a research only basis. No sales materialised, and fast forward to 5th April 2024, and JC states again sales are being lined up around Europe on a research only basis - WE NEED SALES AND NOT EMPTY PROMISES.
He (James Cheek) also made comments in Nov 2023 that made some PIs believe specialist commissioning for the hearing loss assay was imminent, though had to back-Trak in April.
Rant over!
GLA.
Stephen11.