Mark Cairns launches 'Rome burning' broadside at Fletcher Building and withdraws from chair pursuit

Mark Cairns launches 'Rome burning' broadside at Fletcher Building and withdraws from chair pursuit
Freightways chair Mark Cairns was a credible candidate to be Fletcher Building's new chair, Oliver Mander says. (Image: Supplied)
Rebecca Stevenson
Oliver Lewis
Former Port of Tauranga boss Mark Cairns has pulled out of the running to be Fletcher Building’s new chair, launching a scathing broadside against the company. The Freightways chair said that despite widespread shareholder support, after three months of waiting, he was no longer a candidate to become the embattled construction giant’s new chair, writing to executive recruitment consultant Johnson Partners to formally withdraw on Monday. “Rome continues to burn while the shareholders and employees of Fletcher Building...

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