In this part, we look at the poor advice and guidance which Ashley Platts gave his supposed friend Chris Needham and explore whether Chris was really a victim of his supposed ‘mentor’. One of the victims of Binsar mentioned that TBI “always speaks so highly of itself.” Would you say there is a culture of…
In this part of the interview we continue to explore the suspicious inconsistencies in Ashley Platt’s behaviour over time. Was Ashley’s booby, Chris Needham, promoted multiple times so as to fail, thereby advancing Ashley’s real agenda? What did both Chris Needham and Luke Preece tell you was Ashley Platt’s ultimate goal in TBI? Ashley was…
In this part of the interview we investigate the glaring contradiction between Ashley Platts’s goal of getting rid of all expat managers besides himself and Luke and his tireless promotion of Chris Needham through the ranks of TBI. It has only recently occurred to us that Ashley’s useless protégé, Chris Needham, was never intended to succeed. Could…
When did you first come to know David Bradbury? When I started TBI in 2007. What were your first impressions? He only seemed interested in talking to people who were more senior than him in the organization. He showed very little interest in talking to me at first. Did this ever change? Not for a…
In what context did you first meet Luke Preece? He introduced himself to me. I got to know him when he arrived in Jakarta to conduct an investigation into Chris Needham. This had been prompted by a letter which Chris Needham had written to Ning Amhar, demanding that the TBI Director Mariam Kartikatresni be fired.…
http://www.tbi.co.id/teacher_blog_detail.php?id_teacher_blog=8 Dago to Kuningan I started my first day in Jakarta with TBI Kuningan on January 2nd 2010, having already spent a very happy year working with TBI Dago in Bandung. I had learnt a lot from colleagues and had a great time there, so I was sorry to leave my Bandung ‘family’, (I miss you…
You mentioned in a previous interview that Luke Preece moved three teachers from Bandung to Jakarta with him: Matthew France, Nicola and Minnie. Matthew France and Minerva are known Luke stooges. Was Nicola also a trouble-maker? For the brief time I worked with her, she certainly was. After I left Menara Kuningan, she worked…
In the period before Luke was about to move to Jakarta, he shifted three different teachers from Bandung into TBI Kuningan and they all caused problems. Did he ever make any comment on his poor record of recruitment? He did actually. He often said that Matthew France was a complete moron and a wanker and so…
Did you ever socialize with David Bradbury outside work? Yes, I went out for drinks with him a couple of times. Where did you go the first time? We went to Jalan Jaksa and had quite a few drinks. What did you talk about? We mostly discussed work as I recall. This was three years…
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