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...In “Banks need to be clearer on succession stakes” (On Wall Street, FT Weekend, October 2) William Cohan begins with a bold assertion: “The most important decision a chief executive can make is choosing...
...Letter in response to this article: A departing boss should not have the final say on a successor / From Tony McNulty, McNulty Management Consultants, London HA6, UK...
...“Every crisis has got villains, victims and heroes,” says Eric McNulty, an expert in crisis leadership at Harvard University....
...But, much like Robbie Williams, Mayer’s darker side seems to leak through in his nervy onstage demeanour, as he hops manically from foot to foot and conducts the band with a steely precision....
...That independence has paid off, with grime’s popularity rising internationally, flattered by the attention of American hip-hop stars such as Kanye West, Drake and Pharrell Williams....
...Douglas Chief Executive, Biofortuna Terry O’Regan Vice-President and Managing Director, Biogen UK and Ireland Dr Geoff Davison Chief Executive, Bionow Lin Bateson Director, BioPartner UK Dr Shaun McNulty...
...A report for the Department for Transport by Sir Roy McNulty last year revealed huge inefficiencies among rail companies. There is something to be said for accepting the higher bid....
...“We have high demand across all categories,” said Clay Williams, NOV's chief financial officer. “We've seen substantial growth in demand for all tools and hardware that go into shale drilling.”...
...“It has been a slow bleed for a former energy giant that lost its way,” Mr Williams says. “Dynegy's downfall was moving into electricity trading.”...
...“This is just one of these basic infrastructure areas that have been neglected for years,’’ said Mark Williams, master lecturer in the Department of Finance and Economics at Boston University....
...“We’re cutting into the bone,” said Mark Williams, president of the board of the Austin Independent School District....
...Mr Biegler will continue to serve as an independent Dynegy director along with Patricia Hammick, Victor Grijalva, Howard Sheppard and William Trubeck....
...As William Reilly, one of the co-chairmen of the commission, put it: “We simply cannot walk away from these resources.” That much the industry agrees on....
...Williams, a gas transport and production company, announced last month that it would pay $925m to an undisclosed seller for shale oil acreage in North Dakota’s Bakken formation....
...Braine’s Joe Lampton (Matthew McNulty) falls in love with married and older Alice (Maxine Peake) but needs rich girl Susan (Jenna-Louise Coleman) to mount the class ladder....
...It would turn blue and you would have no data coming through,’’ said Mr Williams....
...Charlie Williams, chief scientist at Shell Oil, described the new subsea containment assembly outlined on Wednesday as a “a tool kit that we can adapt” to varying situations....
...In that report, Sir William Castell, chairman of BP’s safety, ethics and environment assurance committee, said the board “welcomed his continued insights, analysis and challenges,’’ highlighting Mr Wilson...
...“You would think there would be a larger effort to conserve the coast,” said William Wall, captain of Pelagic Charters. “I’d like to see an effort.” BP was not immediately available for comment....
...Keller Williams Realty, tel; +1 713-664 6400, www.kw.com Sheila McNulty is the FT’s US energy correspondent...
...Reporting by Anna Fifield in Washington, Sheila McNulty in Houston, and Sylvia Pfeifer, Fiona Harvey, and Thomas Dinham in London...
...“I think the Clean Air Act is not well suited at all for regulating greenhouse gases,” said Bill Wehrum, former head of the EPA’s air programme now at Hunton and Williams, a law firm....
...Later he served as special assistant to William Rehnquist, assistant US attorney general in the US Department of Justice....
...Yet McNulty’s affection is as real as his prejudice: like many of us, he has not thought through the conflicts in his mind....
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