There are other reasons why companies might abandon councils: * More international executives join the regular board.

In early 2013, three former executives from Salesforce.com joined the leadership team.

It is unclear whether the executives he has contacted will join the effort.

One executive is joining the Bozell Group as another leaves.

Several new executives joined the company in 1995 and '96, leading to another change in the target demographic.

Continue reading the main story When a chief executive joins a company, they do so on the basis of agreed terms.

The company also said a new chief executive with international marketing experience would soon join the Wedgwood unit.

Yesterday, he said two new executives would join his staff.

The three executives are also joining the company's planning committee, its most senior management forum.

Almost all high-level executives at the plant joined the strike.