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...Among LVMH’s 50 plus brands, there are six female CEOS: Lisa Montague at Loewe, Alessandra Carra at Pucci, Margareth Henriquez at Krug, Rachel Marouani at Fred, Patricia Tranvouez at Kenzo Perfumes and Isabelle...
...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’...
...Sir Adrian Montague, chairman of Friends Provident, defended the life assurer’s handling of a £3.5bn proposed offer from JC Flowers, withdrawn two weeks ago in a move the US private equity group blamed on...
...Sir Adrian Montague faces the unpleasant task of cutting 600 jobs at Friends Provident. Jim Smart’s was probably not supposed to be one of them....
...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...
...The sales process as overseen by Sir Adrian Montague, chairman of Friends, “has not been a happy experience”, said one of the investors....
...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, said in May that it was in talks with a limited range of possible buyers for its stake in F&C. Rabobank is among the interested parties....
...JC Flowers, led in Europe by Ravi Sinha, is working on a fresh letter to Friends in an effort to entice its chairman, Sir Adrian Montague, to enter into discussions on a possible bid for Friends....
...Sir Adrian Montague – who has the high-stress job of chairing two companies that are in play, Friends and British Energy – put the ball in the private equity firm’s court by getting a “put-up-or-shut-up”...
...“They decided to follow this route and I think [Sir Adrian] Montague [chairman] got it wrong,” one shareholder says. “I think he was overbullish and too confident.”...
...JC Flowers had issued a last-ditch ultimatum on Monday to the Friends board, led by Sir Adrian Montague, to enter into talks by the close of business Friday, or it would walk away....
...moves come as the battle for Friends Provident is set to intensify over the next few weeks, with the life assurer indicating that it wants a higher price and JC Flowers possibly walking away if Sir Adrian Montague...
...Sir Adrian Montague, the life assurer’s chairman, said the US private equity group had not yet made an offer for the company....
...JC Flowers has been working on a letter to Sir Adrian Montague, chairman of Friends....
...JC Flowers, the US private equity investor, is seeking a meeting with Friends Provident, after Sir Adrian Montague, chairman of the embattled UK life assurer, demanded to know whether it was going to be...
...JC Flowers, which said two weeks ago it was considering a bid for the company, is working on a fresh letter to Friends chairman Sir Adrian Montague....
...Sir Adrian Montague, chairman of Friends, refused to acknowledge that the share price fall made Friends more vulnerable....
...Sir Adrian Montague, Friends chairman, and Jim Smart, finance director, have also been meeting the life assurer’s shareholders this week....
...Sir Adrian Montague, the Friends chairman, will act as executive chairman until a replacement for Mr Moore is found....
...However, the torn-up agreement raises questions about the credibility of Friends’ chief executive Philip Moore, and chairman Sir Adrian Montague....
...However, with Friends challenged strategically, and facing a cash shortfall of about £400m over the next few years, then it may be hard for the board, led by Sir Adrian Montague, to argue for more....
...They should get some today, in fact, when Sir Adrian Montague, their chairman, will reveal plans to raise capital....
...Sir Adrian Montague, Friends’ chairman, and Clive Cowdery and Mike Biggs, respectively chairman and chief executive of Resolution, were the other sides of the unwieldy quadrilateral team that would have...
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