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CHAPTER 16 - GET THE LION ON THE LINE AND LET US TRACK YOU DOWN A BETTER DEAL
capital to support the growth. Hans Strickler, who was there from Switzerland, explained “gentlemen, we are in this business for the medium to long term.” Trevor Kennedy asked what Winterthur defined as medium to long-term, to which Strickler replied about 25 years.
Trevor said “for Christ sake, Kerry’s idea of medium to long-term is six to twelve2 months!” I think that was the day they decided they weren’t compatible partners. Lion was sold to CIC and all the staff went with it except for two key people: Tony who went back to Channel 9 and Alan Mason who ended up working at ICA.
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