"She has outstanding retail flair and excellent all-round skills across design, buying and merchandising as well as a strong appreciation of technology, product quality and sourcing, " he said.
The Spaniard is known for his quiet, unassuming manner but -- doubts about his team aside -- he appears to have an outstanding chance of using his excellent climbing skills to put himself in contention again.
Thanks to Kevin Rothrock, who runs the outstanding Russia-focused blog A Good Treaty, I came upon a particularly excellent example of this at the Russian-language news site Slon.ru.