printweek article on new chairman

This artuicle gives some insights into Michael Barker

http://www.printweek.com/news/1152766/Boon-replaced-actuary-Michael-Barker-Paperlinx-chairman/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH

Snippets

"Barker said that the directors had elected him as chairman as his experience in financial and risk management was most relevant to the current economic situation within Europe, Paperlinx’s most troubled market.

He said he was confident that interim chief executive Dave Allen was "completely fulfilling" the role and said that the board had no imminent plans to replace him. He claimed that Allen would be more demanding of his staff and could implement more internal management changes.

Barker added: "Dave is really on top of the strategy. Part of the problem in the past was that the implementation was a bit slow, now we are fully into implementation mode."

and a serve on Toby

"Despite never having met departed chief executive Toby Marchant, Barker said he was under the impression that his management style was "laissez faire". "

Starting to warm to the gent.