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| November 01, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Financial Director)

FDs are having a difficult time of it these days. Michael Kayser might have been in the running for a prize for the shortest tenure as FD at one company, having resigned just four weeks after joining Amey.

But Ric Piper breaks all records, having lost his job at Trinity Mirror before he even got there, after departing from WS Atkins (see Moves, page 9), ...

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