Tony Hayward was showing himself to be an astute chief executive, who was concentrating on the core business, and eschewing the grand gestures enjoyed by his predecessor John Browne.
Ted has proven to be an astute business executive, a talented leader and an outstanding technologist (he's the inventor of DynaPub, which revolutionized how we publish to the Web), and I'm confident he'll continue to drive innovation and growth for these important AOL products.
Finally, astute chief executives who don't want their companies to be taken over can leverage up their own balance sheets in order to buy in shares.
He comes across as an astute and honest executive dealing with a formidable range of business problems, and shows remorse for the scale of wrongdoing at News International.
He folds together the skills of a Russian Constructivist graphic designer, a Socratic philosopher, a Dada-Fluxus joker, a Concrete poet and a Madison Avenue ad executive with an astute sense of both semiotics and public display.
The film's theme is the nature of authority, and Aubrey functions as a kind of ideal executive: charismatic, tactically astute and able to instill in his sailors a sense of discipline and respect.
Tabor's hirings have been astute, including the former Associated Newspapers executive Stephen Miron, who oversees the commercial side of the business, while the former Capital Radio boss Richard Park – widely regarded as one of the best programmers of his generation – looks after the content, with both men reporting to Tabor.
5. Angus Skinner Chief inspector, Social Work Services Inspectorate, Scottish Executive Scottish Executive Intelligent and politically astute player among Scotland's civil service.
No question, the women's game has moved over several horizons in the past couple of decades and is now booming under the astute leadership of Larry Scott, the WTA's chief executive.
