HANSOM HOW PREDICTABLE

摘要

What does Tony Pidgley have in common with Vladimir Putin? More than you might think. It was considered something of a coup when he rose from chief executive at the housebuilding pic to chairman with barely a whimper from shareholders, despite the "wide-ranging concerns" aired by PIRC, the corporate governance group. But my spies at the Resi 2009 event last week heard that housebuilding's most colourful boss had hoped to become chairman and chief executive, a la Sir Stuart Rose of Marks & Spencer. "They wouldn't let him," the source said, "hence the Dmitry Medvedev option."