Chief financial officer

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Ideally a stable, steady, dull individual who, in his most passionate moments, extends himself to a fascination with model trains.

If your CFO thinks he materially contributes to the organisation’s profitability — other than by just not buggering things up — or, God forbid, believes his department should have its own P&L then my dear Euston, you have a problem.

See also

• The Enron ron