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Risk, age and the adrenaline rush of taking over a company – exclusive with Luke Johnson

Thursday, December 16, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Risk | Tags: business, entrepreneur, risk, CEO, interview, Luke Johnson, food

We’ve posted a lot about risk management recently with our report A new risk equation? Safeguarding the business model. But, of course, it’s important to remember that risk is also a vital part of what makes a business grow. No one knows this more than Luke Johnson, the man who turned Pizza Express into a household name. Here he talks about measured risk – and why we should embrace it more as we get older.

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High profile panel to debate the impact of governance on NEDs

Monday, March 01, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Governance, Non-executive director | Tags: FT, FRC, Simon Lowe, FTSE 350, non-executive director, Luke Johnson, UK Corporate Governance Code, Peter Butler, corporate governance review, Sir Christopher Hogg, Seamus Gillen, ICSA, Risk Capital Partners, Financial Reporting Council, Owners

The Financial Times Non-Executive Directors Club is holding a twilight event on 11 March to discuss the implications to the non-executive directors’ role in light of recent governance releases. 

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