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The board voted unanimously at a ten-minute meeting where Mr Woodford was not allowed to speak. Take a bus to the airport, he was told.

I found myself in a similar situation to that of Mr Woodford a few years ago.

Mr Woodford said the meeting had been "a constructive and honest exchange" .

Mr Woodford suggests that his offence was to ask questions about large payments to a firm in the Cayman Islands.

Woodford says he discussed it with Mr. Kikukawa, who he said told him not to worry about it.

But Mr. Woodford said he ran into what appeared to be strange goings-on at the company.

'I'm going to Woodford Green, ' I said to the conductor as I got on the bu' but I don't know where it is. '

Mr Woodford was smart to take his story public right away, but the fact that he felt he had to take the next flight out speaks volumes.

Former Chief Executive Michael Woodford said he had been asked to meet with the U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

But at a meeting on Oct. 14, the board unceremoniously dismissed Mr. Woodford, telling him to leave the country.

Mr. Woodford said he received notification Thursday night of an emergency board meeting 9 a. m. Friday at the Olympus headquarters in Tokyo.

Mr. Woodford was the only non-Japanese director on the company's 15-member board.

Mr. Woodford said there was no discussion about the reasons and that the session lasted about 10 minutes.

Prof Woodford is right to emphasise the stabilising power of a clear policy framework.

About two weeks ago, Mr. Woodford said he hired an outside auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, to take a more detailed look at that deal.

Mr. Woodford said he was asked to meet Wednesday in New York with the FBI.

Mr. Woodford said he heard the remarks through an interpreter who attends such meetings.

The board members present unanimously voted for Mr. Woodford's removal from his executive posts. Mr.

Woodford. Instead of Mr. Kikukawa stepping down, the directors stripped Mr. Woodford of his executive positions.

'The key thing is that people believe the accounts, they believe what the company is doing and saying, ' Mr. Woodford said in an interview.

Mr Woodford did manage to change Olympus, at least a bit.

TV Asahi, without citing its sources, reported that Mr Woodford had told his fellow directors they all had to go.

Olympus suggests it may sue Mr Woodford for disclosing confidential information to the media.

Columbia University's Michael Woodford and Harvard University's Kenneth Rogoff are among proponents of faster price increases.

In February, Olympus promoted Michael Woodford from head of European operations to company president.

Mr Woodford described the move as "an encouraging development" , according to Dow Jones Newswires.

At the end of the letter to Mr. Kikukawa, Mr. Woodford suggested that they meet on Friday 'to discuss exactly where we go from here.

Mr Woodford was promoted to president after he cut costs and turned around Olympus's European business.

Mr. Woodford said he also provided copies of the report in English and Japanese to other board members.

Michael Woodford, the Japanese company's British president, was fired and then disclosed details of some very odd deals.

Mr Woodford says he would welcome that day in court.

Olympus's stock has lost around 80% of its value in the month since Mr. Woodford's ouster.

At first, Woodford was cast as an executive who could strengthen Olympus' global presence.

Olympus has said that Mr. Woodford was relieved of his duties because of differences in management style.

Mr. Woodford said that when Mr. Kikukawa showed up, seven minutes late, the meeting began. 'First, Kikukawa-san told the board 'Mr.

In Devil in the Milk, Keith Woodford brings together the evidence published in more than 100 scientific papers.

Returning Mr. Woodford to the CEO post might not be easy.

But Prof Woodford has the politics of this upside down.

Now, Mr. Woodford is making his next unorthodox move.

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though Mr Woodford called the appointment of the new chairman, Yasuyuki Kimoto, "completely and utterly wrong" .

'Is this Woodford Green? ' I asked.