Quiet man with ear to the ground

This week’s revelation that Aryzta boss Owen Killian was paid a whopping €7m failed to spark an outcry, due in part to the deliberate low-profile enjoyed by the Roscommon man and the Swiss-Irish firm he heads, says Kyran Fitzgerald.

Quiet man with ear to the ground

THE public appetite for a squeeze on executive remuneration has never been stronger.

Record levels of unemployment, continuing pay reductions in many sectors and interminable delays in uncovering suspected white-collar crime provide a fertile environment for a public outcry over executive pay.

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