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Exposure

From President to Whistleblower at Olympus

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By: Michael Woodford
Narrated by: Roy McMillan
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The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Michael Woodford's autobiographical account, Exposure: Inside the Olympus Scandal, read by Roy McMillan.

Shortly after Michael Woodford was made President and CEO of Olympus, his dream job turned into a nightmare. After discovering a series of bizarre mergers and acquisitions deals totalling $1.7 billion, he turned to his fellow executives and within weeks he was fired in a boardroom coup that shocked the international business world. Woodford went straight to the press - becoming the first CEO of a multinational to blow the whistle on his own company. Exposure is a deeply personal memoir that reads like a thriller.

 Business Professionals & Academics True Crime White Collar & Corporate Crime

Critic Reviews

Woodford's story has the hallmarks of a John Grisham novel. A brilliantly gripping book, with a great hero at its heart.
The kind of integrity and courage that Woodford displayed is unusual.
Woodford tells his tale like a thriller. A fine book by a fine man who did the right thing.
A sensational account of a man of great courage and principle who got to the top, and blew the whistle to glorious effect. In the corporate world Woodford is too rare and exceptional a breed. (Jon Snow)
Michael Woodford took a considerable risk in exposing wrongdoing. He was a study of boldness in action (Lionel Barber)
The most celebrated international whistleblower of recent times... his story is filled with mystery, suspense, duplicity and betrayal
The business book of the year has to be Michael Woodford's Exposure (Rosamund Urwin)
In a world increasingly dominated by global multinationals, he just felt someone had to speak out
He lost his job for his integrity
Michael Woodford has proven himself a hero, though he never wanted the battle. He risked everything (Clive Stafford Smith)
All stars
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I really appreciated hearing a first person perspective of what it's like to be exposed to an extreme situation in business.

The narrator was top notch but could do with learning how to correctly pronounce the most basic Japanese words to the same degree they can do various accents.

A view from the inside

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Really enjoyed it. The narrator did a good job overall too. Michael comes across as a genuinely good guy throughout the story, and his commitment to road safety, charities and other endeavours outside of his full time job at Olympus adds to his credibility.

Fantastic story

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