On 03/07/07, Richard Fairhurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > AIUI, Mr Evans' previous employer was Royal Palaces, hardly a hotbed > > of the market I believe. > > Historic Royal Palaces, a charity accountable to Government. > > When Robin Evans was first appointed commercial director of BW, a wise > old BW hand told me: "Don't get fooled by the heritagey-looking > background. He's as hard-nosed and commercial as they come." > So it has proved.
People with a public sector background who want to introduce private sector discipline can be the worst, as they don't realise that the private sector doesn't always live by a crude Thatcherite code (even when it pretends to). -- Nigel Stanley
