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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Thank you John, for being gone!

John Mulcahy got Suncorp into a mess that’ll take some time to clean...

March 2, 2009, marked the last day in office for the chief architect of the much-discussed ‘failed’ A$7.9 billion Promina acquisition – John Mulcahy, former MD & CEO, Suncorp-Metway. His exit was rather a forced one, voted out of office by the shareholders, soon after the successful completion of capital raising activity worth a huge A$900 million! Bidding adieu to Mulcahy, another John in the story, John Story, Chairman, Suncorp (that’s his name, we’re serious!) asserts, “John has made an outstanding contribution, building a far more diversified and resilient business than existed when he joined six years ago.” Considering the rising bad debts (pegged at A$335 million), declining profits (net profit for H2, 2008, was A$258 million, down by 32.8% YoY), share price fall (which stood at A$4.50 as on March 2, 2009; 38% down from its last traded price), we don’t really agree with that ‘single dry line of praise’!


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPMMalay Chaudhuri

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