Alastair Ross Goobey dies aged 62

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PROMINENT fund manager and leading proponent of corporate governance Alastair Ross Goobey has died aged 62.

Goobey was chief executive of Hermes Pension Management – responsible for the British Telecom and Post Office pension funds – from 1993 until 2001. He was also responsible for setting up shareh...

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