Conversation with Azu When the tenure of a chief executive is coming to an end, there’s usually a feverish outbreak of schemes to push him over the edge, for good or bad reasons.  Lobbyists are masters of the game. They keep a diary of appointment and termination dates - including possible renewal where the law permits - and also keep a meticulous dossier of everything that happens in-between to sway public opinion and, possibly, the appointor. If the chief executive under scrutiny is a tax collector, then he is despised with the venom reserved...