Australian gobbledegook

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Many worrying months after the departure of the previous CEO Sam Tolley, the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation at last appointed a new one, Andrew Cheesman, who was Petaluma's accountant and then worked his way up, ending as strategy manager of the Lion Nathan Wine Group.

The following interview with the new incumbent is published at http://www.awbm.com.au/news, revealing a truly terrifying level of corporate speak in the man who is now in charge of the world's most beleaguered wine industry. Here's an extract (but there is much more of the same).

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