howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#1
did anyone see any of his quizzing on the box yesterday?
top man at bp, came across as a sulky teenager trying to worm out of his responsibilties.
these people go on stacks of courses on how to conduct a public relations exercise.
when answering questions he continually used "as far as i know","to the best of my knowledge","my understanding is" etc etc.
he seemed to be trying to pass the buck to other people in the organisation, the senators were getting really wound up about it.
all they want is for the leak to be stopped.
after the job is done and the level of money lost to the company, he will get the order of the boot.
what are the odds on a massive pay off?
#2
From the Telegraph in March 2010;_
'Tony Hayward, chief executive, has led an aggressive cost-cutting drive that has seen BP overtake arch-rival Shell as Europe's largest oil company this year. He took home £4.01m in salary, bonus and share awards last year, up from £2.85m in 2008.'
At the age of 53 and after that salary I think that I could quite happily take the order of the boot! Though no doubt he would even then surface again on the board of this, that or the other?
Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
- Posts: 1,266
#3
I think the quizzing was more akin to a lynching. He never stood a chance, and although BP seem to have been guilty of taking short cuts, I would lay a sizeable amount of money that BP are one of many that take such risks - including many American oil companies.
Such things happen when profit becomes corporate greed. The US Congressman lining up to take a free shot at Tony Hayward were only doing so because of their belief in their own self-importance; I wonder how many sit on the boards of, or are paid sizeable lobbying fees by, large corporations equally guilty as BP.
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#4
He is a most unusual chap for a CEO. He just doesnt come across as one of those at all. He does not exude an air of confidence, nor does he give the impression he could fix anything...would you call him in a life or death situation? The Americans who are very polished in high levels of PR have no confidence in this man and thats part of the problem...he has an air of being 'out to lunch' about him.
#5
Tony Hayard is quite simply an excellent/world class business administrator, proven by BP's much improved financial results. He is not a media guru or, dare I say it, an operational man used to being at the coal face. This current scenario is probably his worst nightmare, and quite rightly so of course.