Published: October 16, 2025 at 8:19 am
A former CEO dismissed by the listed firm she founded – and who subsequently succeeded in ousting its chairman in a shareholder revolt – has managed to get the person she is recommending for chair added to its board.
Sara Murray OBE is embroiled in a £320m High Court battle with Big Technologies plc after it dismissed her from the position of CEO in March. The firm has accused her of forgery and deliberate falsification of documents to push through the company’s £577m IPO in 2021.
Murray – who has described the allegations as “outrageous” – recently led a group of shareholders in a successful bid to remove Alexander Brennan, the company’s non-executive chairman, from the board.
Her stated wish was to replace him with James Graham Matheson, who holds 15 directorships. Today, Matheson has been added to the Big Technologies board as a non-executive director.