"Perhaps I was naive not to see how easily this could be made to appear improper by a hostile media; a self-inflicted wound I won't make again," he says.
Writing in the Guardian, he hits back at claims of conflict between his £110,000-a-year part-time role and his private race consultancy work, though admits he may have been "naive" for failing to see how it could be "made to appear improper by a hostile media".
As part of the decision, which fell short of saying Mr. Safir broke the law, the board scolded him, saying he should have known that Revlon had hired off-duty New York City police officers as part of a city program and that accepting the trip would appear improper.
Intuitively, the configuration of Fig. 8 cannot realize a positive resultant moment around the Z-axis, so appears improper.
The only regret he expressed was that his behavior might appear improper to others".
The letter described two transactions that appeared to involve improper accounting and said those two were "just the tip of the iceberg".
She said she has decided to speak out now after keeping silent for many years because senior officers were involved or appeared to tolerate improper behavior by fighter pilots, one of the military's most elite groups.
The case prompted a surprise intervention from Tony Abbott, Wise's local member, who last week wrote to the financial services minister, Kelly O'Dwyer, urging her department to "take another look" at what appeared to be "improper behaviour by both a bank and a regulator".
"I don't know what their intention was," Deville said about another clip that appeared to show improper use of pepper spray.
But one New York investigator said the improper trading appeared to be "very widespread".
