Crossrail chief challenged decision to withhold bonus months before scheme bust deadline

By Jordan Marshall and Dave Rogers2019-04-23T10:53:00

Source: © Crossrail Ltd

City Hall report says Andrew Wolstenholme’s attitude was ‘symptomatic of culture which encouraged denial of responsibility’

A City Hall report into the delays besieging Crossrail has damned its former chief executive Andrew Wolstenholme for querying why part of his bonus was not paid just months before it was announced the scheme would bust its opening deadline.

Wolstenholme left Crossrail 13 months ago, taking up a job at defence contractor BAE Systems two months later.

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