Some of the most important jobs in Britain are still filled by people with zero experience or interest in the field
as a junior minister in the UK government after watching his beloved 93-year-old father die, his boss, the then environment secretary
Reading the book last week, I was struck by what it showed about the chilling levels of inexperience that still pervade Britain’s governing classes The share of S&P 500 company chiefs with prior chief executive experience grew from 4 per cent to 16 per cent between 1997 and 2019. Interestingly, this does not always produce the desired result. A number of studies have shown the financial performance of repeat chief executives lags that of rookie first-timers.
Stewart was more likely to notice this, having been a soldier turned diplomat, adventurer, author and Harvard professor who worked in Afghanistan before he was an MP. He quickly discovered such experience barely counted in parliament, and not just in his own case. Instead, he picked Philip Hammond, a transport secretary who, Stewart writes, “had no previous interest in defence or foreign affairs, had never even visited Afghanistan, and 10 years into the war, had still not seen the need to learn basic elements of Afghan history and geography”.
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