(28 Nov 2024, 2:40 pm)Adrian wrote The numbers required, I'd imagine, would be to the point that it'd be a completely different organisation. So I don't think it can be compared to replacing one person with another.

Of course, I'd imagine some of that recruitment will come from those who are already in the industry and the North East. You're going to need that knowledge; any organisation would, but it's a different world with different objectives. We'll be gone of the day that we do what's right for the shareholder, and hopefully return to doing what's required to deliver a good quality service for the public.

You're never going to 'cleanse' any ex-corporates of an ideology or belief just because they're no longer employed by a PLC. 
It's what they've been brought up with on their management graduate degrees and all they've ever known whilst working in the corporate world.

My own thoughts would be to hire someone from a local authority from say Notts or Edinburgh, maybe further afield in Europe.
Someone with understanding of integrated, public sector transport.