FTSE 100 CEO Survey – Hard Times

Shock departures, shareholder rebellions and to top it all, a pay cut. It’s been a testing year for CEOs, as Liz Fisher reports.

Qualified accountants are at the helm of one fifth of the UK’s largest companies – but while accountants can claim to be one of the first professions in line when it comes to candidates for the CEO position, their dominance is less than it has been in previous years.