If Diamandis has been banned from running a company?

[Bennett]

your lack of thinking? surely the nhs must have some sort of answer  

[red macca]

i do not have the mental capacity to think,It just ends up hurting

[Bushey Boy]

is it because he is also a small person!

[red macca]

probably bushey

Man mountains like myself are better than small people

[sonic youth]

i do not have the mental capacity to think,It just ends up hurting

too many drugs.

[Maverick]

Just trying to dig around .. and I found this interesting article interviewing Mark Devlin about Mike D in 2005:-

COPYRIGHT 2005 Financial Times Ltd.

Swindon Town deputy chairman Mark Devlin has shed light on the role of Mike Diamandis - who he admits is often seen as a 'mythical, shadowy figure'.

Diamandis, an advisor to majority shareholder Sir Seton Wills, has been involved at Swindon since the club's first spell in administration in 2000.

His strong influence and reluctance to come into the foreground, coupled with rumours he was once banned from being a company director, led to concern among Town fans.

Now Devlin - the former chief executive who has returned to the club with a brief to improve relations with the wider community and encourage greater transparency - has sought to explain Diamandis' position.

Devlin confirmed Diamandis was banned from being a company director until last year, but said the club might not exist if it were not for him.

"Mike Diamandis has been mentioned as being some sort of mythical, shadowy figure and I think that has come because people haven't really talked about him openly, " said Devlin. "Over the past few years he has been instrumental in ensuring that we have always managed to find the money to pay our debts.

"I'm not saying that Mike has put the money in himself personally, although there have been some times when he has. But he has found the individuals and convinced them (to put money in).

"I am not so certain that if Mike had not been around we would have been able to convince people to keep putting the money in.

"And Mike was vital in his sheer bloody-mindedness to save the club when it was faced with extinction under (former directors) Danny Donegan and Ian Blatchly.

"Without Mike's guidance I am not sure we would have come through those darkest hours." Devlin also confirmed Diamandis was involved in helping the club fight off a winding up order over unpaid tax this week.

Asked if Diamandis was once struck off as a company director, Devlin said: "That is true and you cannot get away from it. He did serve a ban on being a director but that finished last October.

"So there is obviously no issue with him playing a part (at Swindon), although he is not particularly seeking to be a director at Swindon.

"Mike is a very determined and competent businessman and we all make mistakes in life. His assistance is invaluable to me personally and I think it will continue to be so to the club." Diamandis is also a managing director at Swindon's marketing partner Dunwoody, who produce the matchday programme. Devlin also works for Dunwoody and stressed this was not something he sought to hide.

COPYRIGHT 2005 Financial Times Ltd.

[Bushey Boy]

BUT THAT STILL DOESNT ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, IF HE HAS BEEN RUNNING TEH SHOW SINCE 2000 THEN THIS SURELY IS AGAINST HIS BAN TO BE DOING THIS???  oops caps locks was on!

[RobertT]

BUT THAT STILL DOESNT ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, IF HE HAS BEEN RUNNING TEH SHOW SINCE 2000 THEN THIS SURELY IS AGAINST HIS BAN TO BE DOING THIS???  oops caps locks was on!

CAPS was a valid use though.  You are right, maybe that's why the Criminal Investigations bit of the CTI is currently investigating him, maybe he'll be spending some time as a drugs dealer inside.

[TalkTalk]

maybe he'll be spending some time as a druge dealer inside.

Farkin hell, he deals in Serbian rock music as well???

“Sa druge strane jastuka”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajaga_i_Instruktori

[Bushey Boy]

so when does this investigation finalise? What are they investigating?

[RobertT]

That he's been running companies while Disq.

[Bushey Boy]

so if/when they find he has what will happen and could this indeed have any issues towards our club?

[RobertT]

these days they tend to punish the people and not the club (crosses fingers).  Some small Town club in 1990 had some harsh shit thrown at them and they've backed off ever since.

[Maverick]

Bushey Boy .. according to Mark D .. he was never a Director

[Maverick]

Rob - I would also be very interested to see any official document that says he is currently banned or being investigated by the DTI (another frequent allegation)..... if he is then I will happily acknowledge the point, until then it seems like another convenient thing to hurl. There is a world of difference (as I know from my own dealings as a Councillor), between allegations or tip offs, and matters actually being taken up and formally investigated.