Thanks, I had an inkling it might have been the person I thought it was. I feel sorry for you - I just don't get how incompetence can lead to such a career path.
This type of person is only good for bluffing their way through a target selection style interview- largely as they used to sit on the ask questions side of the table.
As managers they are useless as ashtrays on motorbikes except for having the uncanny ability to avoid getting the sack- usually achieved by white anting someone else.
Cheers, I'm off to work.