AN ACTUAL STORY ABOUT DONALD BRYDON

[TrueBlueTerrier]

But its buried in a lot of fluff so I highlighted it.

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AS AN elite bunch of the City’s most successful ladies and gentlemen left the Mansion House last night after a fundraising “Passion and Performance” evening hosted by Lord Mayor Nick Anstee, they should have been justifiably proud.

For between just 320 guests from blue-blooded institutions such as Barclays, Accenture, Linklaters, HSBC, RBS, Lloyds Banking Group, Icap,
PricewaterhouseCoopers and SJ Berwin, a grand total of £116,925 was raised at the evening for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal, Pitch Perfect – proving that for all the banker-bashers out there grumbling about hefty bonus payouts, the City remains just as generous-hearted as it has always been.

Master auctioneer Nick Bonham was on hand to squeeze pennies out of the guests – which he did with flair, starting by auctioning off a measly tenner for £270.
The event also played host to star percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, who wowed those present with a virtuoso performance; ex-England women’s cricket captain Clare Connor, who once led the side to their first Ashes win in 42 years; and actress Imelda Staunton, who raised £1,000 by bursting into an impromptu rendition of Mary Chapin Carpenter’s “Why walk when you can fly?”

BOW STRINGS

The prize for best-dressed lady of the evening went to event chair Gay Huey Evans, vice chairman of investment banking and investment management at Barclays Capital, in a show-stopping red dress. “Everyone has remarked about my gown,” she told the audience, “and yes, I wore red because it signifies passion!”

I’m told Huey Evans – Barclays’ diversity queen – somehow found the time to organise the event alongside both her demanding job and a full-day conference on Monday for no less than 2,500 of the firm’s female employees to mark International Women’s Day.

All that, and she also tells me Pitch Perfect – which supports the Cricket Foundation and the London Symphony Orchestra – is a cause close to her heart, since she has a history (take a deep breath) of playing the piano, the organ, the flute, the oboe… and singing in Gilbert and Sullivan musicals. Try getting all that onto a single-page CV.

FOOTBALL FEVER

Also spotted working the room at last night’s gala dinner: one Donald Brydon, the chairman of Royal Mail, who’s certainly been keeping his role as chairman of the Lord Mayor’s Appeal rather quiet.

Brydon steadfastly rebutted questions about the appointment of outgoing Royal Mail chief Adam Crozier’s replacement, but he was happy to talk about his patronship of the LSO, his love of cricket – and his even greater love of Reading football club.

Dedication indeed from Brydon, then – since he missed out last night on a rare emphatic victory from Reading, over fellow Championship strugglers Derby County.

Never mind, there could always be a next time...

[Lounge Lizard]

"For between just 320 guests a grand total of £116,925 was raised at the evening for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal, Pitch Perfect – proving that the City remains just as generous-hearted as it has always been."
No it doesn't, a mere £365 each is just loose change from a group of multi-millionaires like that.

[MinisterofCucumber]

Donald lists Henri de Castries as one of the people he most admires.

Maybe Donald is using the way Henri runs AXA as a model:

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"Using terms that perhaps echo his noble heritage, de Castries admits that managing a business with a total headcount of 214,000, including salaried staff and tied agents, can be a challenge. “If you want to manage well,” he says, “you need to get the right balance between feudalism, where there is a strong decentralisation of power, and control from the centre. If there is going to be decentralisation, then you need to have a high degree of transparency over goals and objectives and a way of constantly monitoring performance.”

Feudalism = local agreements

The trouble with RM is that all the local lords are like the Sheriff of Nottingham.

[Lounge Lizard]

Donald lists Henri de Castries as one of the people he most admires.

Maybe Donald is using the way Henri runs AXA as a model:

http://www.europeanceo.com/news/home/ce ... le683.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Using terms that perhaps echo his noble heritage, de Castries admits that managing a business with a total headcount of 214,000, including salaried staff and tied agents, can be a challenge. “If you want to manage well,” he says, “you need to get the right balance between feudalism, where there is a strong decentralisation of power, and control from the centre. If there is going to be decentralisation, then you need to have a high degree of transparency over goals and objectives and a way of constantly monitoring performance.”

Feudalism = local agreements

The trouble with RM is that all the local lords are like the Sheriff of Nottingham.

And Crozier like Friar Tuck ?

[goinpostal]

"For between just 320 guests a grand total of £116,925 was raised at the evening for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal, Pitch Perfect – proving that the City remains just as generous-hearted as it has always been."
No it doesn't, a mere £365 each is just loose change from a group of multi-millionaires like that.

So true, what a lickspittle newspaper, must be the one that the city bosses write to buff themselves up to each other. w*****s!