Driven to the Brink by Alicia Micklethwait

Driven to the Brink by Alicia Micklethwait

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Driven to the Brink by Alicia Micklethwait

A collection of stories about how inadequate governance and flawed culture caused massive destruction of shareholder value. In-depth case studies look at the Libor scandal, the Co-op, Kids Company and others, asking what have we learned and how to prevent these disasters in future. It also looks at Corporate China and the Lixel and Glaxo frauds.

Alicia Micklethwait is a graduate of the University of Oxford, a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and has an MBA from IMD. She is CFO of a technology start-up company and has held senior accounting and commercial positions in multinational manufacturing companies in London and Brussels. Alicia has taught accounting and finance at several European business schools and in China and co-wrote Greed and Corporate Failure together with Professor Stewart Hamilton.

Patricia Dimond has 25+ years of board level experience in consumer markets in London, Geneva, New York and Toronto and is a McKinsey Alumni.  She is currently involved in early stage Investment and fund management.  She is a CFA, a member of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts, and has served on the Board of the Swiss CFA society.  Patty graduated from Canada’s Richard Ivy School of Business, with an HBA and has an MBA from IMD, Switzerland.  She qualified as a chartered accountant (CA) working with Deloitte Haskins and Sells.

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ISBN 13 9781137590510
ISBN 10 1137590513
Title Driven to the Brink
Author Alicia Micklethwait
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Year published 2017-03-27
Number of pages 244
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