Construction industry gossip: In your own words

By Hansom2019-05-07T05:00:00

People wonder why a well-known Australian has taken charge of the Crown’s jewels, and the London Assembly is losing several blame games

What an… honour?

What can we make of Dan Labbad’s move to the Crown Estate from Lendlease, where he’s been in charge of the firm’s Europe and international operations for the past few years? A few people have got in touch to speculate why, especially since it looks like he’ll be taking a hefty pay cut. He picked up £1.7m last year, while the person he’ll replace at the Crown Estate next January, Alison Nimmo, was paid £622,000. “I don’t understand it,” one questioner said. “Perhaps he’s after a knighthood.”

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