From the green to the boardroom
5 May 2004

By pulling its former executive E. Neville Isdell out of retirement, Coke has joined other companies in opting for a safe pair of hands. But as at McDonald’s, Boeing and elsewhere, this hints at the timidity of directors. And it’s not a riskfree strategy either.
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