Still talking about his career background, Stevens continues to ask Cook about his time as managing director at the Post Office, which he was appointed to in March 2006.
Cook continues to outline his history as a businessman, explaining how his role as managing director at the Post Office was his first time as non-executive director. He concedes that, until then, he had sat on boards, but in later life he is “much more expert now than before”.
Cook says that he was indeed aware of his overall responsibilities in challenging management in his role, which included to “express reservations, if [he] felt so inclined” and contribute to the overall conversation.
He adds that his expectations for standards of corporate governance in the publicly owned company were different compared to his previous roles, and notes that, in his belief: “corporate governance is better performed if the non execs are greater in number than the executives.”
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