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Date set for Sainsbury CFO

Darren Shapland to arrive at sainsbury's in the summer, while a successor at Carpetright is set to be named soon

Companies look outside for senior execs

Blue-chip companies are increasingly looking outside their organisations and industry sector to recruit senior executives, according to TMP Worldwide.

On the move: Asquith in the money at Schroders

Schroders has appointed Jonathan Asquith as CFO, replacing Nicholas MacAndrew, who spent 30 years with the company. Asquith joins from Barclays where he was head of UK private banking. He has experience as FD at Morgan Grenfell Group.

Rise in staff partnership

A survey by The Industrial Society finds almost four out of ten companies have a strategy for partnership with their employees, including building trust through regular consultation.

Hard times for bankers

Employment conditions in Europe's central banks are worsening as banking staff increasingly feel they are being kept in the dark by their employers over changes in eurozone banking policy, according to a new report from UNI-Europa.

Recruitment worries

UK companies are increasingly concerned about the quality of their leadership and their ability to recruit new leaders, says Towers Perrin.

Booze causes trouble

Christmas time sees a significant increase in alcohol-related disciplinary problems, according to a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Management - Time to keep your head down.

Just as they wouldn't risk all their senior staff on a single flight, corporates now question the need for highrise headquarters.
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COMMENT

Corporate governance: Keep 'em keen

Career progression should be clearly defined if you want to find tomorrow’s leaders from today’s recruits

The value mission: Are companies performing?

Looking at the FTSE, it appears not. Yet a huge increase in the compliance burden means directors are running like mad just to stand still.
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FEATURES

HJ Heinz finance director, Garry Price

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Welcome to your club – the Financial Director Summit

Our best-ever conference programme is driven by the people who know best what the key issues are – our readers, and some of the country’s leading FDs. You will find them at the Financial Director Summit.
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