HISCOX SETS HIGH TARGET FOR HIS BRAINY BUNCH
SMUG faces on the board of the insurance group Hiscox as chairman Robert Hiscox announces his retirement after 47 years: “I have always aimed to employ people brighter than I am… I am convinced that the current top executives prove that I have achieved my employment ambition.” So take a bow, directors Bronek Masojada, Stuart Bridges and Robert Childs, all members of this uber-brainy team. But they can’t rest on their laurels. Hiscox tells The Capitalist he has set lofty targets for his successors to meet. “I used to say that I wanted to be in the top ten in the UK before I retire. Now I believe top ten in the world before I die.” No need to worry, they’ve got a while: “I intend to live for a very long time,” he quickly adds.