He made a funny comment during the meeting along the lines "if you don't like what I am doing vote against me",which a lot of people did.!!
I do not know what must have gone on behind the scenes, but he was responsible for turning "a dead duck into a going concern.".
However, as you pointed out there must have been "an orchestrated campaign to remove him".Considering he held a large shareholding it must have been very well organised,and included major shareholders..
I think we shareholders are lucky having Al Monro as chairman to step into the CEO's role, with his back ground to guide the business.
I expect the share price will be under a lot of pressure with Doug Hastie wanting out.
We live interesting times.
I will hang onto my shares as I feel the business has excellent prospects.