Wal King and Ron Sayers stay on after surviving Ausdrill protest WAL King and his fellow Ausdrill director Ron Sayers have vowed to put their recent controversies behind them and continue with the embattled contracting group. Mr King, the former long-serving chief executive of contracting heavyweight Leighton Holdings, yesterday survived a significant protest vote to retain his seat on the board of the contractor. Some 21.93 per cent of shares voted went against his reappointment, which Mr King said was the biggest vote he had received against him.