Carillion is near to collapse. Watch and worry

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7. The Scottish Tories sure can pick 'em ...

David Mundell urged to drop Carillion interim chief executive as Scotland Office adviser

SCOTLAND Secretary David Mundell is under pressure after it emerged that the interim chief executive of failed construction giant Carillion is one of his top advisers.

Keith Cochrane CBE, who sat on Carillion's “business integrity” and audit committees before taking temporary charge of the the firm last year, is also the lead non-executive director at the Scotland Office.

The businessman, who spoke out against independence during the referendum, sits on a joint board with Mundell that considers constitutional issues like Brexit.

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Cochrane, a chartered accountant from Scotland who used to lead the Weir Group, was appointed interim chief executive [of Carillion] in the summer of last year after Richard Howson stood down from the post.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15886349.Revealed__Carillion_boss_helps_Mundell_run_the_Scotland_Office