Best served cold : the rise, fall and rise again of Malcolm Walker CBE, CEO of Iceland Foods
Walker, Malcolm2014
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Malcolm Walker opened Britain's very first frozen food outlet in 1970, calling it Iceland. By 1999 there were 760 stores and Iceland was a public company. In January 2000 Walker arranged his retirement, sold 4 million Iceland shares and left for a holiday in the Maldives. However, while there Bill Grimsey - Iceland's new CEO - was slashing the profits they were shortly to announce. Ultimately, Iceland announced a loss of 26m - rather than the 130m profit the City was expecting. Having sold his shares just before the company's year-end led to Walker being questioned for three years before he was declared innocent of insider dealing. 5 years after he left, he walked back in as the boss to revive the company.
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Author:
Walker, Malcolm, author
Imprint:
London : Icon Books, 2014.
Collation:
352 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781848317031 (pbk)
Dewey class:
338.04920.
LC class:
HC252.5
Language:
English
BRN:
3559160
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