‘Burdensome': PolyNovo Chair slams ASX governance rules
PolyNovo Chairman David Williams has spoken on his company's expansion from 25 to 46 companies over the last year.
'It's burdensome, obviously, and there's no shortage of people that'll tell you why would you ever want to be a public company director. The technology itself in this company doesn't really matter, whether it's in a public company or a private company,' Mr Williams told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood.
'I make no apologies for the fact that I'm very aggressive at these things, even though someone might want to kick the hell out of me in the press. Don't care.
'We've got technology that is world-beating, and I'm determined to get it to the world as quickly as I can and aggressively as I can in terms of work ethic and pushing this.'
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