The women who should be on the Bank of England's list to be the next Governor Barker recently published a lively policy document directly addressing, and criticising, the Government's proposed new powers for the Bank, so is clearly someone the selection panel should hope applies. But so too DeAnne Julius. She was not just a member of the MPC, but a founder member and has eight years experience of the Bank, having sat on the Court, too. She understands business, having been chief economist at British Airways and Shell, and is seen by some in the Coalition as a dark horse for the job who should not be overlooked. Her dual US-UK citizenship reveals a broad outlook on life and would satisfy those keen for overseas candidates to be considered. Julius advises various UK and US hedge funds, so understands the City, and has chaired and served on a number of Government commissions and panels. And, if relevant, she's a woman. When I called I was told she was travelling in China and not available. When she returns, however, there are those who'd like her to submit an application, if she hasn't already, and join the race for the Governorship. Nick Buckles is operating on borrowed time Nick Buckles, G4S chief executive, has presided over two fiascos in less than a year but three other people have resigned while he continues. He should consider himself not only lucky, but on borrowed time, too. In January Alf Duch-Pedersen resigned as G4S chairman after the company's failed £5.2bn bid for Scandinavian rival ISS. That was very much Buckles" deal and its failure exposed him as a chief executive badly out of touch with his shareholders, badly advised by his City connections and badly unaware of the wider market environment that any leader of a FTSE 100 company should be on top of. Fast forward to Friday and it was senior managers David Taylor-Smith and Ian Horseman Sewell to fall on their swords as a result of the company's London 2012 failings. Buckles is "responsible but not accountable" when things go wrong, such as the 2012 contract, according to the G4S board. The distinction may be subtle to the point of non-existent but it's enough in their minds to keep him in place. More plausibly Buckles continues and others fall because the disruption of his departure would be too great - especially as new chairman John Connolly has only been in place since June. Buckles" longer-term track record was also taken into consideration by the G4S board in deciding to retain his services. But his record over the past year has seen two events - the failed ISS acquisition and the Olympic Games - shock the market and hit the share price 22pc and 17pc, respectively. It still hasn't recovered to its pre-ISS level. Buckles" new chairman built a pretty fearsome reputation during a career fighting his way to the top of Deloitte. He's changing things, so Buckles must now get used to sharing the cockpit with a co-pilot in the form of a group chief operating officer (and potential successor) and a more intrusive and better staffed board. If he hasn't already, Connolly should make Buckles aware that he's had two strikes and a third means he's out. BAE-EADS merger has so far failed to take off As things stand, the £30bn BAE-EADS merger is more off than on. The French and German government's desire to not only retain but increase their stakes in the new company is completely at odds with the merger's rationale, which only works if the opposite happens. Another week of intense lobbying in Paris and Berlin is required. But so far, so bad.