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***HOTLINE: Elman feels great, changes board with flourish

July 30, 2010 - 11:33 GMT Location: London

Noble chairman Richard Elman took an unorthodox route when announcing two new board appointments on Friday, by writing a far more entertaining letter than those Hotline is used to ploughing through whenever a company decides to fiddle its headcount

“We have good news to report,” Elman said in a letter to his Noble colleagues, seen by Hotline. “I am a quite sure that we have found the perfect mix to lead Noble well into this century.” Former non-executive chairman Tobias Brown will rejoin the Noble board as executive...

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