In an historic leap forward, Z/Yen Holdings limited have pulled off an amazing coup, recruiting two new board members in one fell swoop.
Michael Mainelli joined as an executive director on 1 February 1995 and Joh Nigel Major McLean joined as a non-executive director on the same day.
A spokesman for Z/Yen, Ian Harris, commented exclusively to Now and Z/Yen, “these advances mark the conclusion of the set up phase of Z/Yen’s life. We now have the finances and the right team in place. We are no longer playing chicken, but are now ready to go forward into the big bad world and talk turkey”. Harris then continued to mix metaphors for a further 20 minutes, but his additional comments are not recorded here, or indeed anywhere else.
Z/Yen continues its work in the broadcasting sector with another assignment, this time relating to support services for one of the major television channels. After coining the phrase “Babe Sky Babe” to describe a previous client in this sector, the team decided that “Channel Fwworrr” was an appropriate moniker for the channel in question.
Following the workshop earlier this week, one workshop delegate, a senior manager, said “hearing Michael speak this morning was like my worst nightmares coming true” Good start, Michael! The woman in question took pains to assure me that she meant the remark in a very specific context relating to a particular subject Michael had raised, but it was too late. The career damage had been done (that’s Michael’s career, not hers).
Z/Yen Head Office now offers trunk to trunk telephone facilities. In other words, incoming calls to Z/Yen can be transferred to another trunk line in much the same way as a call would be transferred within an office. This is an excellent service to be able to offer clients and Z/Yen people & partners.
It’s just a shame that Kate forgot about it and told a prospect of mine from British Telecom Marketing that I was working at home and he could call me there, rather than transferring him. Guess I’ll just have to take him to lunch to make it up to him.
Joking apart, hats off, particularly to Stuart Otter for sorting all the telecoms out (including a tidy compensation package for the line problems in the first week at Garrard House) and to Kate for managing the telecoms systems admirably.
Comments, as always, welcomed at the address shown. Please fax articles through for the next issue (copy date 24 February). See you all, Z/Yen!