G Dixon speaks to
ceoforum.com.au
Of course we won’t collapse - that is ridiculous – but, if we don’t reward our shareholders, they won’t give us the funds we need to grow.
I sometimes get criticised for this, but I have always seen shareholders as our most important stakeholders.
I know some CEOs say look after your customers, look after your employees, and the returns for shareholders will follow. I do the exact opposite.
We wouldn’t have staff or customers unless we had shareholders who were willing to invest in what is not the most attractive industry at present, and I am constantly stating that message to our staff.
Time for him to go, thank god.