Super city CEO track record

Gordon Campbell at werewolf has done some digging on the background of newly appointed CEO of the Auckland super city Doug McKay. It is quite a read, with plenty of detail about Mr McKay’s record with Goodman Fielder, Sealord and alcopop giant Independent Liquor. Campbell concludes:

…Doug McKay’s most recent corporate experience has been as the captain of a sinking ship. Couple that with his total lack of local government experience and a secretive, autocratic management style, honed most recently in the trade of alcopops to teenagers and others.

Campbell’s story raises important questions about the management style and corporate values of Auckland’s most powerful public servant.  I have to ask why the mainstream media didn’t do the same leg work when McKay’s appointment was announced last week.