Rising from the Mailroom to the Boardroom

Appendices

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TWENTY-FOUR LEGENDS WHO INSPIRED ME

You cannot craft a successful career on your own. You are really only as good as the 360° support you receive. Having worked with thousands of people throughout the last five decades, I wanted to acknowledge a handful of people who really stood out in terms of their impact on my career. Everyone has been important, and I am sorry if I missed naming anyone who felt they should have been recognized.

In the end, 50% of the people directly acknowledged held senior roles (i.e. audit committee, company secretary, chief executive, and peers) and the remaining 50% were in roles that supported me directly; I also achieved an equal gender representation of 50% males and 50% females. And ...