Less Flannery

25 Apr 2018 By Richard Beales

The conglomerate defeated a shareholder proposal to separate the top jobs. But 41 pct of investors supported the measure, up from 24 pct a year ago. Double-titled boss John Flannery could pre-empt an embarrassing rebuke next year, and improve governance, by embracing a split now.

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