On Oct. 11, 2007 this chairman of the Virgin Group rang us up, but he didn't parachute in while on fire or anything
Why the Virgin tycoon ... [PAR] Jun 25, 2008 ... Why the Virgin tycoon lost out in the Northern Rock collapse ... for Northern Rock 
put forward by U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs ... By the end of October 
2007, Darling had spent 40billion on propping up .... of financier Ron Sandler, 
whom he was parachuting in to run the Rock.