Emilia Carrière, lead for Marketing and Corporate Communications at Coots & Boots, a top City firm… er… may not exist.

An interesting piece in yesterday’s Times, Is this company executive actually AI generated? The link for Emilia Carrière, lead for Marketing and Corporate Communications at Coots & Boots, a top City firm, is still live – here. Her profile:

“Emilia manages the firm’s public profile and oversees media strategy across all high-profile cases. With over a decade of experience in marketing and PR, she ensures the firm’s messaging remains clear, consistent, and credible – even in the most complex and sensitive situations.

Known for her calm professionalism and sharp editorial instinct, Emilia bridges the gap between legal precision and public understanding. Whether coordinating press engagement or crafting client communications, she brings a thoughtful, strategic approach that strengthens C&B’s reputation for trust and transparency.

Outside of work, Emilia enjoys golf and tennis and has a keen interest in modern art and ancient history – particularly the early history of Russia, with a fascination for the rise of the Kievan Rus and the roots of its art and architecture. A lover of fine wine, she’s especially partial to a glass of Brunello di Montalcino, ideally shared after a day exploring the quiet beauty of Lake Orta in northern Italy – her favourite escape for a moment of calm and inspiration. She is also an avid reader of the Financial Times.”

The Financial Times says it was told by the company’s reception that no one of that name worked at Coots & Boots. 

In case the link to Ms Carrière is taken down, we’ve taken a screenshot of the webpage of the seemingly non-existent young lady.

This raises the issue of the causal link between increasing the proportion of women on corporate boards and financial decline, on which we’ve reported since 2012 at Campaign for Merit in Business, and an intriguing opportunity for major companies. If they were to fire all their female directors, it follows (from the causal link) that their financial performances would improve. The women could all be replaced by virtual women at minimal cost, saving the companies money and, we’re sure, a good deal of wasted time and frustration.

Finally, I thought it a good time to post a portrait of our new Head of Research, Leni Müller:

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Mike Buchanan debates with Natalie Collins, “Gormless Feminist of the Month” (TalkRadio, 2018). File #250 of 800+ files on the J4MB YouTube channel.

Our Gormless Feminists of the Month awards are here.

Today’s file is here (17:21).

Over a period of more than two years we’re posting links to one video daily from the J4MB YouTube channel. The channel includes our media appearances since 2012, 300+ videos of talks and other materials from the International Conferences on Men’s Issues (2014 – ) and other men’s issues conferences we’ve been involved with, and so much more. The individual conference playlists are here.

Our website Campaign for Merit in Business was created in the light of the considerable evidence of a causal link between increasing gender diversity on boards and corporate financial decline. Mike Buchanan, Steve Moxon and Dr Catherine Hakim (the originator of Preference Theory) presented evidence to House of Commons and House of Lords inquiries in 2012, the video of their House of Commons evidence session is here (56:50).

Finally, we run the award-winning website Laughing at Feminists. The related comedy channel (170+ videos) is here. Remember, it’s more than important to laugh at feminists, it’s a civic duty.  

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James L Nuzzo: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding of Men’s and Women’s Health Research, 2013-2025.

Interesting. Male life expectancy is about four years shorter than female life expectancy in Australia. In 2025, the NHMRC invested $16.7 million in men’s health research and $101.5 million in women’s health research, amounting to a six times greater investment into women’s than men’s health research.

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Ofcom, the ‘impartial’ regulator that bows to rent-a-mob radicals

An interesting piece for TCW by David Keighley, former BBC news producer, BBC PR executive and head of corporate relations for TV-am. Director of News-watch.

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Pair of women, 19, who smashed up hotel lobby in drunken rampage are banned from EVERY pub, bar, nightclub and hotel in Britain

Our thanks to Carl for this. An extract:

“District judge Orla Austin called their behaviour ‘disgraceful’ as she told them they narrowly avoided going to prison.”

So many lucky women narrowly avoid going to prison…

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Chris Leyman-Nicholls’ documentary on (mostly young) British MRAs (2018). Video #249 of 800+ videos on the J4MB YouTube channel.

Today’s video is here (1:11:08).

Over a period of more than two years we’re posting links to one video daily from the J4MB YouTube channel. The channel includes our media appearances since 2012, 300+ videos of talks and other materials from the International Conferences on Men’s Issues (2014 – ) and other men’s issues conferences we’ve been involved with, and so much more. The individual conference playlists are here.

Our website Campaign for Merit in Business was created in the light of the considerable evidence of a causal link between increasing gender diversity on boards and corporate financial decline. Mike Buchanan, Steve Moxon and Dr Catherine Hakim (the originator of Preference Theory) presented evidence to House of Commons and House of Lords inquiries in 2012, the video of their House of Commons evidence session is here (56:50).

Finally, we run the award-winning website Laughing at Feminists. The related comedy channel (170+ videos) is here. Remember, it’s more than important to laugh at feminists, it’s a civic duty.  

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