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By Hawker, Michael
Publication: Australian Banking & Finance
Date: Tuesday, August 24 2004

BY ANY MEASURE MICHAEL Hawker is an outstanding executive.

Since becoming CEO of IAG in December 2001 he has delivered remarkable results, transforming Australia's biggest general insurer into a much bigger, more focused and financially impressive organisation which has won acclaim from investors and customers in Australia and abroad.

Hawker's vision was questioned in the early days of his tenure.

But a more than doubting its IAG's share price and indeed profits in the past two years is clear evidence that he has made all the right calls in posit

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