Simon Laffin
Simon Laffin

Simon Laffin is an experienced chairman and non-executive director, as well as an author. He has served on both public and private boards, as well as having worked in private equity and been a FTSE-100 CFO. He has chaired Care REIT plc, Assura plc, Flybe Group plc and Hozelock Group, and served as a non-executive on Quintain Estates & Development plc, Aegis Group plc, Mitchells & Butlers plc, Dentsu Group Inc, Watkin Jones PLC and Northern Rock plc (as part of the rescue team). He worked for 10 years in private equity with CVC Capital Partners.

His early career stretched from being a milkman, working in a post-room, to being a store manager and CFO at Safeway plc.

You can read more on his website: www. simonlaffin.com

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    Why Companies Fail

    Drawing on 27 major corporate failures spanning more than three centuries – from the South Sea Bubble and Barings Bank to Northern Rock, Carillion, the Post Office Horizon scandal and FTX – this book reveals the hidden human dynamics that contribute to corporate collapse. It shows how capable people make flawed decisions, how boardrooms become vulnerable to collective blind spots, and how organisations gradually normalise behaviours that, in hindsight, seem obviously dangerous.

    £17.99
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    Behind Closed Doors

    Behind Closed Doors is unique. It opens the doors to the boardroom and explains what happens inside.

    Using his thirty years of board experience, Simon Laffin describes board issues, all of which he has experienced, and how boards deal with them.

    £14.99
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