Lay promised to improve Enron's famously inscrutable balance sheet and swiftly advanced Mark Frevert and Greg Whalley to the "office of the chairman, " squelching concerns over an exodus of top talent.
The bankruptcy creditor's committee and Enron both said they needed more time to investigate Frevert's claim, and the former said his "employment and termination package was substantially increased shortly before the filing, " adding his "duties remained unclear" until after his firing in December.