The Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, said Ms. Biben "will be a fair and capable executive director".
James Murdoch, though a capable executive, will not increase the clout of News Corporation the way father Rupert did. Lee Kun-Hee at Samsung, a South Korean conglomerate, is grooming two children as potential successors; neither will bring fresh ideas.
We see Mr Jenkins as a highly capable executive who will take a fresh look at the allocation of capital across the group, particularly in a post ring-fenced world and the group's remuneration policy, particularly within investment banking.
"I selected Mike Leavitt because he is a trusted friend, a capable executive and a man who understands the obligations of environmental stewardship," Mr. Bush said today as he arrived in Denver for a fund-raising event.
Over at Chieftain Capital, Jones's largest shareholder, Thomas D. Stern, managing director, said: "Peter is a capable executive, but he hasn't proven he can create value for the Jones shareholders.
But if Walsh can play by or make James L. Dolan change his nutty house rules, he is a capable executive, a respected N.B.A. lifer, much like the Nets' president, Rod Thorn.
"There are a number of exceptionally capable executives serving on the HSBC board.
Perfect fantasy, there's no dearth of capable executives with the brains and guts to run Microsoft.
In an internal memorandum in November 2010, Mr. Dimon said Mr. Black was "one of the finest and most capable executives I have ever met".
"Gary is one of the most capable executives in pay TV and I am delighted to welcome him back to Sky in the UK," said Jeremy Darroch, group chief executive of Sky.
Many of the seven questions lead back to the need for the FA to reform its byzantine structure, broaden its power base and allow its more capable executives to get on with the job without being constrained by bureaucracy.
