Duff said:Matabele said:Accountants are bean counters.Duff said:Seaeagle63 said:Geoff Toovey would make a Great CEO. Didn't he have something to do with the NRMA a few years back? He was well respected from memory
He's a qualified accountant who was a boardmember for the NRMA.
So then why did you edit the bit out of my post that says that?
They aren't managers.
Board members are required to vote on strategic decisions and appoint executives and managers to run the day to day business. Accountants not only count what has happened in the past, but also budget and forecast what is to happen in the future, based on the past on what is going on presently and what hey perceive will happen in the future. A commercial accountant is not the same as your local tax return man.
Chartered accountants are required to develop skills of taking in financial numbers and applying that to real world situations and take into consideration all other external factors. Its what separates chartered accountants from regular accountants. Tooves would understand the operational side of the football club, the financial side of everything. The only thing he may lack is skills in contract negotiations. But who knows, he could use his influence from the NRMA board to find us a corporate major sponsor?
But alas, it is someone from the lower grades.