There are good reasons why the UK code on corporate governance – born as a reaction to ancient boardroom scandals like Polly Peck and Maxwell – states baldly that “a chief executive should not go on to be chairman of the same company”. One individual can end up with too much power and resist new thinking. Boardroom virtues of independence and openness can be lost. The new chief executive operates under a shadow.
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