Originally Posted by
Caribbean Boy
I happen to have met Willie Walsh on a number of occasions, and I've seen him give several presentations. I can't help feeling that it's most unlike him to keep so quiet. He's got Cruz taking all the flak, but let's remember that:
- It's Walsh who made the decision in January 2009 to demote Paul Coby from Director to Head of IT and make him report to the Chief Finance Officer.
- It's Walsh who has a non-IT man in charge of IT
- It's Walsh who still has no IT director reporting directly to him
Huge mistake that many large companies make - IT reporting to CFO. IT is never a revenue maker - it is a revenue consumer. The line makes the revenue and IT is a drag on profits. Any wonder why IT is always looking in the rear view mirror? It took a very large (and expensive) wake-up call to another UK conglomerate to change the reporting structure and increase their IT spending to protect their revenue stream.