Whilst having a coffee in a cafe this morning I had a squizz at the HUN (would'nt buy the filthy rag) I was hoping to find an article written by that guttless coward Robinson re Hurley, but alas no such luck

However there was a tiny article by Michael Warner that said Carlton was courting Ahmed Fahour to come on to the Board.
Fahour declined but has not ruled out accepting a role after establishing himself at Australia Post.

The article goes on to mention he is a friend of Demetriou & Kernahan

Warner could'nt help himself & threw in the following:

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It's a good move. Ahmed Fahour thinks big, oozes confidence and will really motivate everyone to reach for the stars.

If he is friends with Kernahan does that make him part of the dreaded boys club? Maybe Synbad, Budsy or Keogh can clarify as this conspiracy stuff confuses me.

Really keen to get him on the board, however he will have a LOT on his plate trying to turn Aus Post into a bank.

Not sure if he would be interested in the presidency, esp. If he is mates with Sticks(?) as mentioned above

at any rate he is a gun and exactly the type of person we want around the club more

Seems to be the standard of all articles relating to Carlton that those two lines get added in just to fill space. No other reason why it gets added in other than to fill the page.

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"GIBBS."

Has Hurley had his day in court yet? Does anyone know what is happening?

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The HUN did actually report on the Golden Boy's day in court. I think he got an adjournment for some reason

The most you will get out of Robinson regarding Hurley were 2 posts in his Blog yesterday







So he thinks the kid should be suspended, but won't write an article attacking him like we would if it was a Carlton player ..................

Robinson spent most of his air time on SEN trying to identify the Senior Carlton Player handcuffed to Casboult.


No bias there Robinson.

Robbo's 'greatest' contribution to the HUN Blog yesterday was that he thinks Carlton will finish 10-12th and that we are 'in no man's land'. I suppose that sort of wealth of information demonstrates exactly why I shouldn't bother with HUN blog sites.

As for Fahour... just asking, but what was the reason he left NAB?

I think it will demonstrate why come Round 6 or 7 - we will get Douches like Robinson saying Carlton have flown under the radar to cover up their serious lack of research and their underestimation of our performance.

If you look to Carlton's history, you don't have to be a Board Member to have a say in how the club operates. I'm not suggesting for a second that Fahour might be one of these influential people, but if current board members are open to the idea and are capable of leveraging the expertise of others then it bodes well for the clubs future.

I think he got overlooked for the top job

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Because he knows who it was but this player is a protected species in the media

Taken from Wikipedia

Ahmed Fahour is an Australian banker of Lebanese descent, and a former Chief Executive Officer of the Australian operations of the National Australia Bank (NAB).


Early life and career

Fahour speaking at the ACOSS National Convention on 9 April 2008, described his family's migration to Australia and early childhood in the following terms, "My parents journeyed to this country from Lebanon a little under 40 years ago. They had no English and little money. We lived in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. The community was working class; no one had much in the way of material possessions; kids played in the streets and in their nearby parks. Turks lived alongside Maltese; Lebs alongside Italians; Yugoslavs alongside the Greeks. We were a large family and large families were the norm." [1] He studied at St Joseph's College in North Fitzroy, and later attended Redden College in Preston (now called Samaritan Catholic College). After high school, he attended Latrobe University in Melbourne from 1984. After a brief spell as a graduate trainee at the ANZ Bank, he went on to complete his Master of Business Administration degree at Melbourne Business School in 1993 while working for Boston Consulting Group. He became a director of the group in 1997 and spent a year as Co-Managing Director of its joint-venture investment company, Iformation. While at BCG, he worked closely with many other Australian business people, including Colin Carter, George Pappas, Maurie Koop, Mark Joiner, Scott Kinney, Rob Lachenauer, Rui de Figuerido, and Doug Stotz.


Banking executive

He joined Citigroup in 2000 as senior vice-president of corporate development in New York, at the age of 36. Subsequently, around 2002, Fahour became CEO of Citigroup Alternative Investments were he was responsible for consolidating all the non-traditional investment businesses (Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Real Estate). In February 2004 Fahour was named chief executive of Citigroup Australia. After that, he left to become CEO of NAB's Australian operations.
As part of his deal to join NAB, Fahour received an upfront payment for what he would reportedly have received had he stayed at Citigroup: a cash payment of $3.9 million in January 2005, plus options and shares worth $9.5 million over the next four years. NAB offered him a four-year contract worth about $34 million if he meets all performance targets, otherwise earning $1.5 million per year if targets are not met.[2] Fahour was among the highest-paid executives in Australia, running the biggest division of one of the country's four major banks. He started work in the role on 1 September 2004.[3] He was ranked 54 in Business Review Weekly's for 2004.[citation needed]
He is also a member of the Australian Football League (AFL) club Carlton Football Club and presented the NAB Pre-season Premiership Cup to victorious Carlton FC captain Lance Whitnall in March 2007.[citation needed]
On 19 December 2008, Fahour moved from his position as CEO Australia to a corporate staff role. [4] On 20 February 2009, Fahour was forced out of the NAB, but was later appointed interim CEO of the Australian Business Investment Partnership, an organisation which ultimately failed to secure Senate approval.
On 19 July 2009 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer at Gulf Finance House, an Islamic investment bank based in Bahrain.
In December 2009, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Australia Post.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Fahour

He left NAB because he missed out on the top job. The word for the months preceeding the appointment of CLyne to the CEO role was that Fahour wasnt going to get the nod, and that he was on the look out for a role externally. Id heard ANZ approached him (or vice versa) but it didnt amount to much, with ANZ going down a very different route thereafter.

Fahour missing out on the top job itself isnt a negative in my view - he was a top ranking banker and when people miss out, they tend to move on. ANZ's reps who missed out on the job also left - you're talking about guys on $3-5m a year but looking for ways to get to $10m a year+. It didnt work out for him.

Fahour is intriguing because he in the press for a variety of reasons:

- Massive sign-on to come to NAB, leaving a successful career in NY
- Leaving NAB after a few 'difficult' years at NAB, mainly over different strategies to the other Banks (At the end of the day my view is that Banks are much of a muchness with the exception of Westpac who were conservative going into the GFC; now they look and smell beautiful)
- Being a Muslim role model; someone who excels and is high profile
- Being a CFC supporter

The ups and downs of whether he did a good job at NAB are probably left to individual views. he did build a business and left it relatively early, but they were benign times to lead a business.

I think the profile alone is worth it for Carlton, either as a spokesperson or as a Director.

Until recently I had an opposite view. I sat 3 seats away from him at a game at Etihad, in the outer, accidentally, and he cheered with one of his boys loudly. It was great to see. Passion and profile are good attributes.

As an aside Aust Post have pulled their minor AFL club sponsorships this season and are waiting until AF actually sits in the big chair. They're thinking of a more significant AFL competition sponsorship internally (a la NAB) but yet to be confirmed.

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This might sound extreme in the context of alleged sexual assault, drunken violence and a drug trafficking charge...

Let's not forget he's a Preston boy who played Under 19's for Carlton, and is a good mate of Stephen Silvagni. Would make for a good pic in the papers bringing these two back simultaneously. Only time will tell.

Everyone's a friend of sticks ...he's a friendly guy...

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There's so much I could say...

I like Robbo. Only Journo who says it as it is, says what he is thinking and who is genuine and respected amongst footy clubs and players.