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Pat Regan's run ended with brutal own goal

Pat Regan's run ended with brutal own goal

Pat Regan was as at home on the soccer pitch as he was in the rough and tumble of the insurance sector, where he won praise for straightening QBE out.

Pat Regan split the business up into 100 units and then reviewed them every quarter. Louise Kennerly

Pat Regan stopped the bad news at QBE – until he became the bad news himself.

Before Regan’s tenure as chief executive of the $14.8 billion insurance giant ended abruptly on Tuesday when he was sacked for inappropriate communications with a female staff member, he had become known as the executive who finally whipped QBE into some sort of shape.

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James ThomsonColumnistJames Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.com

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