Wednesday 19 February 2014

CEO with deep industry knowledge vs financier

Shell, one of the biggest world companies has recently named an engineer rather than a financier as new CEO – the news has hit the headlines. Does this move, praised by analysts, signal the need for business leaders with deeper knowledge of the industry and direct executive experience across the range of a company’s activities?

Looking back historically, isn't it that the most successful (and least disruptive) airlines were born and thrived under the leadership of people with these dominant qualities?