Post Office CEO Nick Read prefers teams of ‘younger, deferential males’, inquiry told

Ex-finance chief says very few senior roles held by women, after he is asked about alleged culture of misogyny'

A former Post Office finance chief has said the company's chief executive, Nick Read, prefers to work with teams of younger, deferential males", with very few senior roles held by female colleagues.

Alisdair Cameron, who officially left the company in June after a year of sick leave, provided his view on the culture at the Post Office in response to the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal.