Luxon keeps talking up his experience with mergers and acquisitions. From Stuff:Air NZ and Virgin Australia entered into a marriage in 2010, that was before Luxon was Air NZ CEO. In 2013, as CEO, Luxon upped Air NZ’s shareholding in Virgin from 15% to 23% and then to 25.9%. In 2016 Luxon attempted a coup to oust Virgin CEO John Borghetti but wasn’t successful. Asked again how many M and As he oversaw at Unilever, Luxon simply replied, “A number of them.” Unilever has been approached for comment and clarity.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 19, 2023 03:16 UTC