Barbarians in the Boardroom

Acknowledgements

My first thanks goes to the many people who played central roles in the stories told in this book and who were generous with their time, spending hours talking me through their often-intricate narratives. I am also very grateful to a handful of individuals at research companies who gave up considerable amounts of time and effort compiling bespoke datasets for me, free of charge, in particular Josh Black at Activist Insight. I am also indebted to my editor at Financial Times Publishing, Chris Cudmore, for helping me develop the idea for this book from an initial concept and providing guidance throughout the writing process.

I would like to thank my former managers in New York, Andy Willmott and Dan Fink, for giving me the time ...