Did the incoming CEO know that the chair who hired him would leave before his own arrival?
18 May 2025 - 14:02
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The question that remains is whether the incoming CEO knew that the chair who hired him would leave before his own arrival and that he’d have to report to “an Absa lifer”. If not, one can only speculate what Kenny Fihla must be thinking now.
C Naegele Johannesburg
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LETTER: Absa leadership questions
Did the incoming CEO know that the chair who hired him would leave before his own arrival?
Your editorial, “Absa’s struggle for normality” (May 15), refers.
The question that remains is whether the incoming CEO knew that the chair who hired him would leave before his own arrival and that he’d have to report to “an Absa lifer”. If not, one can only speculate what Kenny Fihla must be thinking now.
C Naegele
Johannesburg
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