Consensus-shy Violy starts afresh

Schadenfreude greeted the demise earlier this year of Violy Byorum & Partners. Founder Violy McCausland's uncompromising style had irked those inside and outside the firm. Now she's trying again, this time on her own.

Violy McCauseland: still believes in private jets

VIOLY McCAUSLAND DOESN’T have a private jet these days. It’s not that she doesn’t believe in such things, mind: she’s adamant that “I believe completely in private airplanes, totally”. It’s just that she’s rather busy rebuilding her company from the ground up at the moment, and the thing that private jets are best at – getting her out and about, meeting potential clients and generating mandates – is not at the top of her list of priorities right now.

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