If you had the chance, what would you ask your company CEO?

dowie · 22 Mar 2014 at 19:36

Metalface Mark said:
I would ask him why he is using americanised titles in his company, tell him he's the managing director and stop trying to be something he's not.

Or simply 'Chief Executive'

Maybe its an American company or maybe he has a majority stake in the company and can call himself whatever he likes...

sports_brah · 22 Mar 2014 at 19:38

Ask him if he needs any stuff sold on eBay?

MrMoonX · 22 Mar 2014 at 19:40

What CEO lol

neil_g · 22 Mar 2014 at 19:42

Why do the powers that be keep hiring utter morons for CEOs?

But then I can't as we don't currently have one. Because he was let go.

Theophany · 22 Mar 2014 at 19:42

Last time I was with my CEO I was steaming drunk and was borderline hitting on his wife. In fairness, I see him most days I'm in the office. Global company managing north of £1.7 trillion of client money with a pretty flat management structure.

jesusismyairbag · 22 Mar 2014 at 19:48

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SideWinder · 22 Mar 2014 at 20:20

dowie said:
If I'm going to ask a question its because I actually want to ask that particular question and not because I just want to be seen to ask a question or because someone else posted a question that appears interesting on the internet.

I am looking for inspiration. Simple as.

jon86 · 22 Mar 2014 at 20:21

Theophany said:
Last time I was with my CEO I was steaming drunk and was borderline hitting on his wife. In fairness, I see him most days I'm in the office. Global company managing north of £1.7 trillion of client money with a pretty flat management structure.

Fidelity?

Theophany · 22 Mar 2014 at 20:24

Moses said:
Pics of said wife?

Wish I could remember what she looked like! Think she's in her late fifties though.

jon86 said:
Fidelity?

Naw, not a household name. Won't see us on a billboard anytime soon.

jon86 · 22 Mar 2014 at 20:30

Theophany said:
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Naw, not a household name. Won't see us on a billboard anytime soon.

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_asset_management_firms), it's likely to be The Vangard Group, State Street Global Advisors or PIMCO.

Theophany · 22 Mar 2014 at 20:34

jon86 said:
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_asset_management_firms), it's likely to be The Vangard Group, State Street Global Advisors or PIMCO.

Nope. Though we use State Street as a custodian and hire PIMCO to run a few of our fixed income allocations. Privately owned company, so we don't appear on such lists.

The whole episode with Bill Gross recently was a bit of a chuckle though.

Theophany · 22 Mar 2014 at 20:45

Moses said:
Russell Investments. Easy .

Doesn't help that my mug and phone number are on their website.

jon86 · 22 Mar 2014 at 21:26

Theophany said:
... Global company managing north of £1.7 trillion of client money ...

Moses said:
Russell Investments. Easy .

Russell Investments job website said:
... Russell has $256.7 billion USD in assets under management (as of December 31, 2013) in its mutual funds, retirement products, and institutional funds, and is well recognized for its depth of research and quality of manager selection. ...

Theophany · 22 Mar 2014 at 21:29

That doesn't include the amounts managed in segregated accounts. The £155bn figure is just for money managed in the OEICs available for purchase.

jon86 · 22 Mar 2014 at 21:30

Theophany said:
That doesn't include the amounts managed in segregated accounts. The £155bn figure is just for money managed in the OEICs available for purchase.

Sure. I was actually just curious to see what jobs were available.

Nothing that interested me personally.

Theophany · 22 Mar 2014 at 21:33

jon86 said:
Sure. I was actually just curious to see what jobs were available. Nothing that interested me personally.

Well we update fairly regularly so check back if you're looking. If something does come up I'd be more than happy to put a word in for you with HR, it's how I ended up working here! It's a nice company to work for.

jon86 · 22 Mar 2014 at 21:35

Theophany said:
Well we update fairly regularly so check back if you're looking. If something does come up I'd be more than happy to put a word in for you with HR, it's how I ended up working here! It's a nice company to work for.

Thanks for the offer. I sometimes browse other company's career sites every now and then, although I'm very happy working for my American California-based tech firm at the moment. It seems most of the jobs at Russell that I might be interested in (in software development) are based in Seattle.

Theophany · 22 Mar 2014 at 21:38

jon86 said:
Thanks for the offer. I sometimes browse other company's career sites every now and then, although I'm very happy working for my American California-based tech firm at the moment. It seems most of the jobs at Russell that I might be interested in (in software development) are based in Seattle.

Ahh, yeah in that case there probably wouldn't be much that came up; pretty much all those jobs would be Stateside!

Judgeneo · 22 Mar 2014 at 21:40

"Are we a consultancy, or a products company?"

At the moment it seems we have the problems of both

SickAsAParrot · 22 Mar 2014 at 21:43

I would ask:

"What's it like having someone play you in a Hollywood movie?"

If you had the chance, what would you ask your company CEO?

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