"It was one thing when there were a few weeks between him stepping down as chair but still remaining on the board that were questionable, " she said.

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In any event, as Erramilli the dawdler finally got on board, he found the only remaining open seat between a female passenger at the window and her husband on the aisle.

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Lawson spent 10 months as Pakistan coach in 2008 with mixed success, before he was sacked with a year remaining on his contract after a public fall-out with the board.

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Another model of diplomatic behavior: Prince Al-Waleed, the Saudi multibillionaire with the biggest stake in Citigroup , never insisted on a board seat and was a benign investor remaining in the background.

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