Todd Sampson dumped from Qantas Board

[Gold Member]

An excerpt from the Australian behind paywall - https://www.theaustralian.com.au/bu...t/news-story/73e5455d93f49c62b1c96c77545b30c9

“Qantas has announced the retirement of long-serving director Todd Sampson after more than a decade of service, with former HP boss Dion Weisler to take his place on the airline’s board. Chairman John Mullen said a “significantly refreshed board and executive team” would help the airline regain its place as one of Australia’s most trusted brands.”

I’m amazed his tenure was extended after overseeing the demolition of the Qantas brand. He should’ve been sacked at the same time as AJ and Goyder.

I sincerely hope Qantas can turn things around, but it will take a long time to restore the same level of trust pre-AJ/Covid.

 

[Big John]

Weisler seems to be a good pick with his background in technology. Maybe he can help to clean up the QF website functionality !

I see that Weisler is a pilot himself.

 

[DejaBrew]

Maybe he can help to clean up the QF website functionality !

As long as he keeps certain.... "quirks" of Qantas IT in place. By all means push to fix the website, but not 100% fixed please

 

[jakeseven7]

He was a bit of a dinosaur, good to get fresh blood in.

 

[Himeno]

They could hire me?

 

[VPS]

I was never a big fan of Sampson - huge ego

 

[DejaBrew]

I was never a big fan of Sampson - huge ego

Good panelist on Gruen though... have also seen him before as a keynote speaker and was admittedly impressed by his talk. For the record, it had nothing to do with his work on the Qantas Board.

 

[Gold Member]

Perhaps if you have/like the ego then you may like him. Personally, I think he's a W@nker.

 

[VPS]

Perhaps if you have/like the ego then you may like him. Personally, I think he's a W@nker.

you put it much more succinctly than I did

 

[cove]

Mullen will work on getting a suitable board of directors so that will be an improvement.

 

[Franky]

you put it much more succinctly than I did

You could have said ‘merchant banker’…..

 

[Cruiser Elite]

you put it much more succinctly than I did

Right royal ‘FLOG’ more appropriate description I would suggest - like most in that advertising world.

 

[jb747]

I see that Weisler is a pilot himself.

I'm sure the QF pilots will be looking for his input.

 

[Quickstatus]

So how many left from AJ's era? (Apart from VH)