Perhaps wishing to flatter his hosts, he said that a mentor had advised him, when he was considering the challenges of fitting in if he accepted the job at the Pru, to listen to Desert Island Discs, The Archers & Yes Minister as a crash course in English culture. I expect his sources of indoctrination ranged further than that – he is an Arsenal fan & has children.
Himself a child born to parents who had a fierce belief in the need for, & value of, education, he was, (shades of John Stuart Mill) reading & summarising articles in Le Monde for his father from age of 6 or 7
He was taken aback by the thoroughness of research behind the programme, leading to questions about all sorts of twists & turns in his life story.
The Times business diarist, reporting on the programme, confirmed that he has – largely - redeemed himself from the disastrous bid for AIA, allowed to learn the lesson rather than face dismissal?
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