Is Nine’s new chair just a stopgap?
Peter Costello issued a gracious, and self-congratulatory statement to media as he was ushered out the door on Sunday evening, one that has since sparked confusion over some of his wording.
As Capital Brief noted this week, in a story questioning new chair Catherine West’s suitability for the role, Costello’s wording in his exit statement regarding his replacement is curious.
Costello wrote: “The Deputy Chair-Catherine West has been working with the Search Firm and is well placed to Chair the company and conclude the process of refreshing the Board.”
How many times do we see Chairmen and male CEO’s drive a company into a ditch, then put a woman in to try to fix something that is a huge mess? Not exactly setting female leaders up to succeed….
How he was actually allowed to be Chairperson of a major media agency with such a conflict of interest is baffling.
Katherine West also pressured and bullied an A Current Affair journalist two years ago concerning an alleged land grab story in north western Sydney by a resident she was friends with. Certainly not the person needed to bring a fresh face to the place.