On the Money: Fletcher succession, bikes and lots of birthdays

On the Money: Fletcher succession, bikes and lots of birthdays
Andrew Reding will be Fletcher CEO after being a frontrunner for the job in 2006. (Image: NZSA))
Dileepa Fonseka
On the Money is our weekly newsletter of general frippery from the worlds of business and government. The Succession-like drama at Fletcher Building came to an end this week with news of their new chief executive appointment.And like the ending of HBO’s Succession (spoiler alert), the CEO position eventually went to somebody who was on almost nobody’s list to run the place: Andrew “Wambsgans” Reding (the nickname is our own addition, but we think it works). A stroke of genius, perhaps? A canny an...

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