Day 123 - 09 May 95 - Page 23
1 Then on the top management team there are 28 people. Then
2 you have 16 directors plus one honorary director?
3 A. I think you are duplicating some of those, the top
4 management team, some of the officers you are duplicating.
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6 Q. Duplication between what, the top management team and the
7 directors?
8 A. When you say "directors", some of the directors are
9 counted in the top management team, and officers, some
10 would be part of the top management team.
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12 Q. But there would not be any duplication between the top
13 management team and the Regional Vice Presidents, Vice
14 Presidents and Assistant Vice Presidents, would there?
15 A. No, there should not be, no.
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17 Q. I do not know whether you can take that and give us
18 the -----
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. I am not making any comment on how
21 important it is, but since we have figures which were on
22 the transcript of the last occasion, and Ms. Steel has
23 reason to query whether they are right, I think we should
24 get them right.
25 A. Sure. I would be happy to help you with that. I think
26 my percentages are pretty correct, though, as far as women
27 are concerned, the percentage for women, and also for
28 African/American.
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30 Q. Which date is that?
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32 MS. STEEL: That is the 1992. I cannot actually find
33 similar -----
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Identify the document for the transcript.
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37 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, it is volume pink III, tab 4, page 130.
38 It is the penultimate page of that year's Annual Report, if
39 it is the same document.
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41 MS. STEEL: No, it is the same one. Sorry, I thought it was
42 illegible.
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44 THE WITNESS: So, you want the number of?
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46 MS. STEEL: The number of women and ethnic minorities.
47 A. OK. You want me to read them off, my Lord?
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49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: When you gave the figures last time were you
50 talking about the States alone?
51 A. I was talking about the States alone.
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53 MS. STEEL: I am just asking about, really, if you could give
54 us the figures for the top management team column, then the
55 one that is says three different Vice Presidents all in the
56 same column.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is there any woman apart from Deborah Koenig
59 in the first column?
60 A. The first column for top management, Deborah Koenig