July 29 is officially the final day that Graeme Samuel will spend as the chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
And he’s marked it in a particularly curious way – by announcing that he will immediately take up the role as the head of the Melbourne office of investment bank Greenhill Caliburn.
Samuel is a former investment banker, so his new job probably isn’t a massive surprise.
But given that Samuel has been criticised throughout his tenure as being too close to the top end of town, perhaps he (or more specifically his new employer) could have waited until next week to make the announcement.
The announcement will probably have many SMEs reflecting on Samuel’s tenure and how small business stands at the end of it.
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