Ian Kehoe On Business

'Taking INM private would resolve some issues around governance at the listed company'

Robert Pitt, chief executive, and Leslie Buckley, chairman, INM Pic: Feargal Ward

Going private could ease INM’s pain

Right then, here we go. Drumroll, please . . . this Wednesday, the long-anticipated, much-delayed annual general meeting of Independent News & Media will finally take place. The big question: will the meeting fizz with boardroom pyrotechnics, or turn out to be a damp squib? The answer rests upon the shoulders of Robert Pitt, the INM chief executive and corporate whistleblower.

Pitt has certainly played his hand ...