Exiting Jamie Pherous should be the easiest decision ever

As the smoking hull of Corporate Travel Management sinks beneath the waves, it would be a fool’s resort to play “I told you so”. I’d long ago resigned myself to the likelihood that Jamie Pherous was a shonk so slippery that he’d never face his comeuppance.

Pherous stretched every truth, from the company’s non-existent technology patents to its global network of ghost offices. He cut every corner, calling himself a Chartered Accountant decades since he’d last been one, even letting the registration of his private company – which held 19 per cent of Corporate Travel’s shares on issue – lapse. He was a sharp operator and a sloppy operator at the same time.