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Article: Hellaby boss still prefers field work
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- Sunday Star-Times
- Article date:
- February 16, 1997
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CopyrightCopyright 1997 Sunday Star-Times. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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TUR BORREN hoped to maintain a low profile this year. It's the
way the Olympic gold medallist likes to do business.
But that wish was stymied after the investment company he heads,
Hellaby Holdings, splashed into the headlines by buying swimwear
company Expozay and taking an option -- which it is expected to
exercise -- for 51% of shoe company Hannah's.
No power dresser, the low-key managing director dislikes spending
time in head office, and would rather be out "threshing around" in
Hellaby's operating companies. "You don't make money in the
boardroom."
Perhaps because of his down-to-earth approach, Mr Borren has