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...In Goldman’s halcyon days, power was shared between two senior partners, notably John Whitehead and John Weinberg in the 1970s and 1980s....
...Among those surveyed were the chairmen of Tesco, J Sainsbury, Wm Morrison, Marks and Spencer and the John Lewis Partnership....
...Companies taking part include Walmart, Tesco, J Sainsbury, Wm Morrison, Carrefour, Amazon, Kingfisher and Alliance Boots....
...Then, in 1956, the respected New Yorker writer E.J. Kahn penned an extraordinary, two-part profile of Weinberg. It was nothing short of a glorification....
...Justin King, chief executive, J. Sainsbury. David Mayhew, chairman, JPMorgan Cazenove. John McDonough, chief executive, Carillion, the construction and support services group....
...The bank’s top-ranked teams included the chemicals team led by Timothy Jones and Rodney Whitehead’s retailing group as well as Benjamin Fidler’s aerospace team....
...KiFin, Mr Kirsh’s investment vehicle that holds 29.9 per cent of Minerva, had demanded that Salmaan Hasan, chief executive, and Oliver Whitehead, chairman, leave their posts, the company told shareholders...
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...Paul J Davies: Thank you for doing this interview....
...While at Whitehead Mann, her search led to the ill-fated nomination of Sir Ian Prosser as chairman of J Sainsbury....
...Christine Whitehead, professor of housing economics at the LSE, agrees, saying the number of transactions at the very top is too small to affect prices at the bottom....
...Mann moved to MWM full time in April 2004, when she parted company with Whitehead Mann Group, the quoted search company. Its share price has fallen by 87 per cent since then....
...But unlike Gibson’s self-possessed Cayce, Whitehead’s character broods endlessly over the existential crisis of his own dubious career - the same obsession that tortures J....
...Whitehead Mann attempted on Tuesday to draw a line under its failed US expansion, which last month led the executive headhunter to warn on profits and ditch its chief executive....
...Whitehead was honoured on Wednesday at the New York Democracy Forum dinner, organised by the Foreign Policy Association and the National Endowment for Democracy....
...J. Gabriel, Cambridge, Mass PAC: There is definitely value in talking to others who have been through this process before. However, this should not be limited to the success stories....
...Supermarkets were again in focus, with J Sainsbury up 2.1 per cent to 293p on news that its like-for-like sales, excluding petrol, rose 1.7 per cent in the fourth quarter....
...Whitehead Mann's reputation was knocked when it put forward Sir Ian Prosser to be chairman of J Sainsbury, only for the appointment to be withdrawn after a shareholder revolt....
...J Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer on Monday added to the flurry of changes among retailers' finance directors as the high street chain and the supermarket group finally announced their new appointments....
...Next Tuesday, I expect J Sainsbury to say it is going back to its roots when Justin King, its new chief executive, announces his anxiously awaited turnround package....
...Whitehead Mann firmed 4.4 per cent to 58.5 after news of further buying by directors despite recent troubles for the recruitment firm....
...All this will provide ammunition for those who have criticised Whitehead Mann over a series of mishaps this year. These include putting forward Sir Ian Prosser as chairman-designate at J Sainsbury....
...Executive recruitment Whitehead Mann was up 18.4 per cent at 157.5p as it said it had been approached by two unnamed sources....
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