Exposure : From President to Whistleblower at Olympus

ISBN-13: 9780241963616 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 272 str.

Michael Woodford

Opis

Appointed as president and CEO of Olympus in April 2011, Michael Woodford became the first company president to blow the whistle on his own firm, having uncovered, investigated and publicly exposed a $1.7 billion accounting fraud. 'Exposure' is Woodford's account of how he chose the truth over an $8 million dollar retainer.

Recenzje

The business book of the year has to be Michael Woodford's Exposure Evening Standard

O autorze

Michael Woodford grew up in Liverpool and joined Olympus as a medical equipment salesman, rising through the ranks to run its UK, MEA and European businesses. In April 2011 he was appointed President and COO of the Olympus Corporation - the first Western 'salary-man' to rise through the ranks to the top of a Japanese giant. That October he was made CEO, but only two weeks later was dismissed after querying inexplicable payments approaching $2 billion. He was named Business Person of the Year 2011 by the Sunday Times, the Independent and the Sun, and won the Financial Times Arcelor-Mittal Award for Boldest Businessperson of the Year. He lives in London with his wife and two teenage children.