Al Yamamah off limits for Lord Woolf
BAE Systems yesterday formally announced the appointment of former Chief Justice Lord Woolf as chair of the company’s new inquiry into its business ethics - but the Al Yamamah deal won’t be part of his remit, according to today’s Independent.
Yesterday, Lord Woolf said he would not have wanted to take on a role at BAE that included “an inquest” into the Al Yamamah affair. But he insisted his appointment had not been made simply to head off criticism of the company’s dealings with Saudi Arabia.
Lord Woolf will be paid £6,000 a day by the company over the next six to nine months, which could net him up to half a million pounds.
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