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Organisational changes: New IT leadership

'We've been round all the overseas countries. In the first couple of weeks in the new year we went round everywhere and said "This is what we're going to do. We want your support. This is what it means for you. You tell us now if you're not going to be able to do it." And they're all on side. Neville's got Tim's full support. A note went out round the world saying "Neville has the mandate this year to make a success of this and you will support him. If Neville wants to move resources from one part of the company to another, then he has total freedom to do so." So Neville relishes this. Wherever he goes, if there's any obstruction or opposition, this note comes out. So we're cutting through things, you know so much faster than in the past, at any stage really. ...

Well, Karl's not really involved. Karl's still settling in really. But I've spent a lot of my time over the last couple of months with Neville and Jane really, getting the plans organised and really making sure they don't try and take on too much, making sure that they understand the issues when they decide to do things, because it's so complex all of this, this business and the systems side of it. I expect to keep involved quite a lot. It's the kind of thing..it is so big now.'

X081 page 001.02b (tape 03.1.02b) Gordan Notes/Tape 17/02/95

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