In 1996, Porter chose Cotsakos as CEO, an unlikely candidate since he had no experience in finance.
The theory is that Mr Blair came to office acutely conscious that he had no experience of ever actually running anything.
He had no experience in tree trimming or felling.
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The questioning led Weadock to admit he had no programming experience or knowledge of source code.
His son, the sickly Piero (the gouty), took over, though he had no serious experience in banking.
After the Bali bomb police liaison officers were sent but Tobias says the first three he met had no experience of disasters.
It was a gamble, for although Irwin had worked in the antiques and interiors industry for years, first as an art handler at Christie's, then as a publicist within the business and a store manager, he had no actual design experience.
Until then he'd had no direct retail experience, but the acquisition, he believed, was the only way to prevent Luxottica from being squeezed by such discount chains asWal-Mart--even if it meant competing with his best customers, the small opticians that then provided 90% of his sales.
He had no tractor, no modern equipment, no experience of the market economy.
Lou Gerstner , a former RJR Nabisco executive, had no computer or technology experience, but he had a very successful tenure at IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ).
He became a teacher in high school when his longtime instructor left and recommended that he replace her even though Klein had no experience on the other side of choreography.
Richard BransonWhen billionaire entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson had the idea of launching Virgin Atlantic, he pitched it to his fellow directors who had no previous experience in the airline business.
It was lucky for Qu, who had no tech experience--in Shanghai he ran a real estate outfit--and had been turned down by U.S. venture capitalists.
He was never at university, knew no economics and had no experience of government.
Mr de Irala had no experience of the airline industry when he was appointed in 1996 with a mandate to lick Iberia into shape for privatisation.
Croatian-born John, who moved with his family to Australia when his son was three, has been coaching him since he was 13, even though the former taxi driver had no previous tennis experience.
The lawyer who prepared the will testified that he had no doubts that Hemsley was competent, based on his 50 years of experience.
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After all, he had never run some of the functions, had never managed so many people, had no experience with external analyst relations, and had not demonstrated significant change management skills.
Croatian-born John, who moved with his family to Australia when Bernard was three, has been coaching his son since he was 13, even though a man who used to drive taxis for a living had no previous tennis experience.
He came into this job with only nine months experience as an MLA, in fact he made a virtue of the fact that he had no big ideas.
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