Post by loy PRA on Oct 26, 2009 21:25:25 GMT
A man with a truly remarkable record. Although undoubtedly this man will probably be anonymous to everyone on this forum, he happens to be one of the most powerful and influential men in the country.
Sunderland born with a double first in Engineering at Cambridge, he had all the auspices of being a promising member of society, until everything he ever associated himself went tits up. A sort of reverse Midas.
First of all, he oversaw the construction and management of Terminal 5, as well as giving ambiguous answers, although generally supporting, the increase in runways throughout south east England.
Terminal Five along with BAA went tits up.
Saying that, he left with a 10 million pound pension fund.
Mr Clasper then turned his energies towards private equity, facilitating the purchase of EMI Parlophone, unfortunately the holding company didn't have enough money and couldn't forsee the turbulent economic climate we find ourselves in.
The deal, and very nearly EMI, went tits up.
Mike then moved to ITV as non-executive director, the popular commercially funded television channel. By the end of tenure ITV were very close indeed to going tits up.
The Treasury calls. Offers Mr Clasper the option of working three days a week for 150k sterling per year as Chairman of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. Within a year of his custodianship, HMRC recorded it's first ever deficit between monies collected and money paid out through the DWP and other government departments.
One would wonder how a man can be so extraordinarily lucky to have a 100% failure record yet still move to yet more illustrious positions. This should cause little concern to me, however given our mutual fortune of being from the North East of England we potentially share the same concern of the high rise in unemployment recently. 10 million pounds would go a long way, given Mr Clasper's pension will be endowed by the state.
Another cause for concern to me personally is that in December I decided to move from my long term position with the Department for Work and Pensions to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs due to poor operational model of the DWP and rather abhorrent treatment of staff, the extra salary would also come in useful. The reason for the DWPs ever decreasing reputation was due to short-sighted and banal stewardship under Chief Executive, Leslie Strathie.
Mr Clasper's response to the growing economic malcontent? The appointment of Leslie Strathie as Chief Executive instead of an experienced civil servant who was acting chairman and who has acting Chairman had cracked down on tax evasion and avoidance, much to the chagrin of suppose 'big shot' businessmen and bankers, like...er...Mike Clasper.
Very irritating indeed.
Sunderland born with a double first in Engineering at Cambridge, he had all the auspices of being a promising member of society, until everything he ever associated himself went tits up. A sort of reverse Midas.
First of all, he oversaw the construction and management of Terminal 5, as well as giving ambiguous answers, although generally supporting, the increase in runways throughout south east England.
Terminal Five along with BAA went tits up.
Saying that, he left with a 10 million pound pension fund.
Mr Clasper then turned his energies towards private equity, facilitating the purchase of EMI Parlophone, unfortunately the holding company didn't have enough money and couldn't forsee the turbulent economic climate we find ourselves in.
The deal, and very nearly EMI, went tits up.
Mike then moved to ITV as non-executive director, the popular commercially funded television channel. By the end of tenure ITV were very close indeed to going tits up.
The Treasury calls. Offers Mr Clasper the option of working three days a week for 150k sterling per year as Chairman of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. Within a year of his custodianship, HMRC recorded it's first ever deficit between monies collected and money paid out through the DWP and other government departments.
One would wonder how a man can be so extraordinarily lucky to have a 100% failure record yet still move to yet more illustrious positions. This should cause little concern to me, however given our mutual fortune of being from the North East of England we potentially share the same concern of the high rise in unemployment recently. 10 million pounds would go a long way, given Mr Clasper's pension will be endowed by the state.
Another cause for concern to me personally is that in December I decided to move from my long term position with the Department for Work and Pensions to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs due to poor operational model of the DWP and rather abhorrent treatment of staff, the extra salary would also come in useful. The reason for the DWPs ever decreasing reputation was due to short-sighted and banal stewardship under Chief Executive, Leslie Strathie.
Mr Clasper's response to the growing economic malcontent? The appointment of Leslie Strathie as Chief Executive instead of an experienced civil servant who was acting chairman and who has acting Chairman had cracked down on tax evasion and avoidance, much to the chagrin of suppose 'big shot' businessmen and bankers, like...er...Mike Clasper.
Very irritating indeed.
