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He did say at the AGM ''we've announced the appointment of the chair in the first quarter 2024 and the CEO appointment will followas soon as we can after that noting as I say the interaction between the chair and the CEO is critical so we could belooking at another six to 12 months before I time frames on it but we'll move as quickly as we canit's unsustainable and it's unfair on James to be wearing the hats of the is we acknowledge that as a board we'rethankful for the effort that he's making but that comes of the personal cost as well and we we're fully aware of that''

So that was a clear timeline given to shareholders who are all (apart from whisky of course) concerned about the current leadership team, 2 weeks left to announce. I remember thinking at the AGM if these kind of targets were missed with no update on the chair/CEO search it would be a huge red flag