Tharsus adds former CEO of Dyson to its board
Martin McCourt
Robotics company Tharsus has appointed former Dyson CEO to its board as a non-executive director this week.
Martin McCourt, whose career spans four decades, is set to help the company match the growing appetite for robots and automation.
“Having dedicated over 40 years to manufacturing design and marketing for leading British brands, I am excited to join Tharsus’ leadership team to support the company on its growth journey,” McCourt said.
Once CEO of Dyson for 15 years, McCourt was responsible for building the company from a single product, single market producer.
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The galumphing comedy of Siegfried leaves me cold
The list of operas I’d happily never sit through again grows longer by the year, but Siegfried has been very near the top of it for a long time. I’m not a perfect Wagnerite by any means (another of his greatest works would also be on my blacklist), but nor am I a Wagner-phobe: I find Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung totally compelling parts of The Ring. Yet the galumphing comedy of Siegfried leaves me utterly cold, and even the glorious scene between Erda and The Wanderer that opens the third act can’t begin to redeem the whole work.
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