How will SRM's new rugby-loving chief executive tackle the job?

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"I wonder if Paul Hamer can be the alarm clock to awaken this sleeping giant. Or will the giant's family place too many shackles on their potential white knight?" This was the reaction from one industry headhunter on news that Sir Robert McAlpine has hired WYG's Paul Hamer as its new chief executive. Taking the reins as an outsider at McAlpine could be seen as a poisoned chalice. The family-owned firm's last chief executive - Tony Aikenhead -lasted nine months in the role. And it's taken SRM the best part of a year to recruit a replacement.