Digital Region - What happened to the ex CEO's, etc

[SpencerUk]

Found an interesting article here on that subject;

Quote:David Holt was Digital Region’s first chief executive, paid around £100,000 a year. When the project was launched in April 2010 he promised a “very exciting few months”. Just a few weeks later, when the scheme was unravelling, he left his post. He know runs his own management consultancy business, ‘Improved Potential Limited’. On his LinkedIn profile he describes himself as a “proven business leader” who can “deliver high-performance results”. He also says he considers himself as “versatile, and capable of rapidly adapting to different business environments and situations to deliver results.”

Quote:The person not mentioned in the Yorkshire Post report was Tom Riordan. He was Chief Executive of Yorkshire Forward from 2006 – 2010, and had been with the RDA since its inception. Since 2010, he has been Chief Executive of Leeds City Council. As the man in charge of Yorkshire Forward at the time, and ultimately accountable for £40 million of taxpayers’ money being pumped into the scheme

Quote:In 2009, Mr Farmery said: “I don’t have any sleepless nights over the business plan. I think if you ask people on the street if they could get five times the broadband speed, would they pay an extra £10 or £20 a month, most will say yes.” Clearly Mr Farmery didn’t go out on the streets and ask those questions. When Yorkshire Forward was wound up, he received a £70,000 pay-off and he now works as Director of Business Investment for Creative England.

How many pay offs haha. Tell ya, could have split that wage to the members on here and it would be still running

[WillPS]

I'm not paying any attention to the Tax Payers Alliance. Sensationalist twaddle from the kind of people who think Socialism is a dirty word and generally have difficulty seeing any further than the end of their own noses.

Good talent doesn't come cheap, there's nothing to say they didn't have the best intentions and weren't stifled by the powers that be.

[gribz_uk]

(30-09-2013 03:50 PM)WillPS Wrote:  Good talent doesn't come cheap, there's nothing to say they didn't have the best intentions and weren't stifled by the powers that be.

The obvious problem here being; What talent?

[Ray_Von]

Yes behind every business ****up there is always a wind up plan...It usually involves big fat payments to the people who have ****** it up in the first place.
The only people to suffer is us the consumer.

[SpencerUk]

(30-09-2013 09:48 PM)gribz_uk Wrote:  

(30-09-2013 03:50 PM)WillPS Wrote:  Good talent doesn't come cheap, there's nothing to say they didn't have the best intentions and weren't stifled by the powers that be.

The obvious problem here being; What talent?

Exactly!

(30-09-2013 10:12 PM)Ray_Von Wrote:  Yes behind every business ****up there is always a wind up plan...It usually involves big fat payments to the people who have ****** it up in the first place.
The only people to suffer is us the consumer.

Just can't believe you can be paid that much and do such a poor job!

[mirdragon]

(01-10-2013 01:16 PM)SpencerUk Wrote:  Just can't believe you can be paid that much and do such a poor job!

isn't that most politicians

[WillPS]

You have no idea what kind of real world power these guys had. Intention and ability often has **** all to do with it when it comes down to politics (as DRL ultimately is/was).

DRL is just utter omnishambles.