Philip Bowman
Philip Bowman
Philip Bowmanis an Australian businessman. He was the chief executive of Smiths Group plc, a British multinational diversified engineering company, from 2007 to 2015...
earnings economy events global growth harder helpful last maintain september
The events of September 11 were not helpful for the global economy and it will be harder to maintain our earnings growth of the last two years.
brands existing focus generating joint portfolio powerful profitable remains value
Our focus remains on generating profitable value from our existing portfolio of powerful brands and on strengthening the portfolio and our distribution capabilities through acquisition and joint venture.
achieved brand disparate disrupted existing large portfolio risk
These will be achieved without the risk of the integration of a large and disparate brand portfolio into our existing business, which would have disrupted our existing momentum.
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We are going through a period of unparalleled volatility.