He presented at the N.Z. shareholders association meeting in late 2018 and everyone I know that attended that day was impressed with how clearly and articulately he presented and his professional but friendly and cordial manner in discussions after the meeting.
I understand he is a qualified lawyer and accountant, (dual degrees were too much hard work for this dog) and he is a good Christian man. He appears to have a really good heart for the care of residents and puts their needs first. I hear from Coutts he goes out of his way to visit all the villages on a very regular basis and goes out of his way to meet any staff that want to meet him, almost to the point where staff get sick of him visiting the villages and meeting with him. Make of that what you will but nobody is perfect and maybe he has a problem with delegation...or maybe he really does care a lot about the staff and residents welfare ?
I lost a bit of dough from Macca's first sell-down so steered a very wide pathway from their door with the second major tranche they sold down. Being bitten once, shame on them, bite me twice, shame on me. You know the old saying mate, "once bitten twice shy"
Mine were mostly in the 60's and low 70's. I will admit with high blood pressure I considered Mrs Beagle and I to be in the at risk group so was really scared at the start of the Covid 19 crisis. Too scared to even think about investing at the depths of the market in late March. All I could think then was if we could get through this Covid 19 thing okay with our health and finances intact and the same as what they were, that would be a great outcome.
I am sure there are others who have done better than me, those who did buy in the 40's and 50's.