Wednesday, 28 January 2009

Donald Brydon new Royal Mail chairman

Donald Brydon is the new chairman of Royal Mail and has been appointed for three years from March 26 on a salary of £200,000 a year.

He has a reputation as a bruiser,and was also called a "a thug" while defending market research group Taylor Nelson Sofres from a £1bn hostile takeover approach when he was chairman.

Mr Brydon said: "The Royal Mail is one of Britain's great organisations and I am honoured to be ask to lead it in the next phase of its continuing modernisation."

The CWU hopes that 'Donald Brydon will be able to adapt to the challenges of the postal sector and succeed to modernise a wholly publicly owned Royal Mail.'


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