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...We meet some of the main players, such as Craige Els’ enjoyable, irascible Geldof, Jack Shalloo’s milder Midge Ure and Joel Montague’s sceptical Harvey Goldsmith....
...Both Wadsworth and Willow are competing this week in the Montague GM norm tournament, played from January 18 to 22 at the Montague on the Gardens Hotel in Holborn, central London....
...But Adrian Montague — the ex-Aviva chair who heads the leadership council of lobbyists TheCityUK — actually has a list....
...Colleagues of Adrian Montague, the departing chairman of Aviva, attribute his ability to handle investor outrage and a chief exec ousting to his reputation as a City grandee of principle....
...Adrian Montague, chairman of FTSE 100 insurer Aviva, said that seeking to diverge in some areas and promoting competitiveness would not be “inviting a race to the bottom”....
...There is, it would seem, a Montague and Capulet, Guelph and Ghibelline division when it comes to cuff lengths in British public life....
...As a Hollywood Reporter review said of the Montague character: “There’s a Machiavellian trait in her that’s welcome, since it’s so regularly given to men in power instead.”...
...west to act on Syria’s latest horror — Matthew d'Ancona in the Guardian How to Level the College Playing Field — Harold Levy in the New York Times A mother’s dispatch from an elementary school lockdown...
...However, the majority of prime buyers tend to look for properties in the outlying villages, such as Shepton Montague, Bratton Seymour and Penselwood....
...Sacred sounds A series of concerts and services for Holy Week taking place at King’s College, Cambridge, include Bach’s “St Matthew Passion” and Handel’s oratorio “Israel in Egypt” (to April 21)....
...There are less familiar chefs-d’oeuvre from Val Mulkerns, Clare Boylan, Eilis Ni Dhuibhne and Aidan Matthews. But Enright is characteristically determined not to be predictable....
...“We wanted to make sure that Evelyn [Bourke, chief financial officer] and Trevor [Matthews, chief executive] would be involved in the strategic decisions.”...
...Sir Adrian Montague, Friends chairman, proposed that his company issue new shares in exchange for those in Resolution to ensure a structure that would be “fair to both sets of shareholders”....
...Sir Adrian Montague, Friends’ chairman, is certainly not among the converted....
...Having had to wait to extract Mr Matthews from Standard Life, Sir Adrian Montague, Friends’ chairman, cannot let him be wooed away by Mr Cowdery except as part of a far sweeter deal for the whole company...
...As for governance, while Friends chairman Sir Adrian Montague’s initial not-on-your-nelly opposition to Resolution’s rococo structure was always more of a negotiating ploy, Mr Cowdery has had to make some...
...Questioned on whether Friends’ chairman Sir Adrian Montague was right to rebuff Christopher Flowers’ £3.5bn approach, made before he was freed from his contract with Standard Life, Mr Matthews says: “I’m...
...Questioned on whether Sir Adrian Montague, Friends chairman, was right to rebuff Christopher Flowers’ £3.5bn approach, made before Mr Matthews was freed from his contract with Standard Life, he says: “I’...
...Yours sincerely Adrian Montague Related links: Resolution suffers Friends setback – FT Overpaid and over there – Sunday Times...
...Mr Matthews is working out a six-month notice period at the rival insurer....
...Nevertheless, striking a deal to sell Lombard would be a fillip for Trevor Matthews, who took up his role of chief executive of Friends this week, and Sir Adrian Montague, the company’s chairman and one...
...When British Energy revealed it was in talks that might lead to an offer, the hefty workload of Sir Adrian Montague, the nuclear power group’s chairman, got even heavier....
...Sir Adrian Montague, chairman of Friends, answering questions from shareholders at the assurer’s annual meeting, described the potential sale of F&C Asset Management as a “more complicated situation” than...
...But this was rejected by the insurer’s board, led by chairman Sir Adrian Montague, who wanted at least 200p a share....
...Trevor Matthews, the new chief executive of Friends, said it would not sell Lombard or F&C unless it could get a good price....
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