March 31, 2009

Top of the morning

Posted at 7:24 AM by Chris Fitzsimon

The Obama Administration says that now General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner has been forced to leave, it is likely that a majority of the company’s board of directors will be replaced in the next few months, reinforcing the view that the board failed in its oversight role as the company was headed toward disaster.

The board currently includes UNC President Erskine Bowles, who is also on the board of Morgan Stanley, which also received bailout money. Bowles’ wife Crandall is a board member of JP Morgan Chase, another recipient of taxpayer dollars.

The Wall Street journal story about the possible GM board shakeup says that Bowles didn’t return a call for comment Monday.  He’s in public often enough as part of his day job running the university system. Seems like a local reporter could ask him a question or two about the corporations he is paid to oversee.

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Judy 1 Apr 2009 8:29 am

According to Forbes, Bowles gets $174k for the GM gig, plus the other boards he is on, the various golden parachutes likely dolled out….UNC employees should either be happy that he is so ‘connected’ or frightened out of their minds

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