Thompson in line for 最高の，を越す Camelot 職業

By Lisa Buckingham
Updated: 00:00 BST, 4 April 2004

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DIANNE Thompson, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of Lotto company Camelot, is 推定する／予想するd to be asked by 株主s to take Michael Grade's 職業 as chairman. He left on Friday to become chairman of the BBC.

Thompson has 停止（させる）d the slide in 宝くじ sales for the モミs t time in five years and a 十分な year of sales growth is now 推定する／予想するd. She has 誓約（する）d to stay with the company until she has put sales on a rising 傾向.

Camelot 株主s have become ますます anxious that Thompson will be headhunted for another 職業. They regard 申し込む／申し出ing her the （議長，司会の）地位，能力 as 'an elegant 解答' to keep her on board as the company 長，率いるs に向かって another 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of bidding for its licence.

Thompson is known not to want to go through another 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of bidding as 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある. And Camelot would be 気が進まない to 直面する another gruelling contest if it lost both its chairman and 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある.

It is thought that Grade favours elevating Thompson, with whom he has worked closely. She would then be 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with 新採用するing a new 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある to spearhead the company's licence 企て，努力，提案.

Cadbury, one of Camelot's major 投資家s, is also thought to believe that moving the 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある into the chairman's 役割 would be attractive.

No 会社／堅い 提案 has yet been put to Thompson - Grade's 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 辞職する was not 発表するd until Friday. But taking the （議長，司会の）地位，能力 on a part-time basis would 許す Thompson, 53, to take on a 大臣の地位 of 非，不，無-(n)役員／(a)執行力のある 役割s or 請け負う one more big 職業 before she retires.

株主s are said to be relaxed about 許すing another 上級の 非，不，無-(n)役員／(a)執行力のある director to become 暫定的な chairman if Thompson prefers to wait before stepping up.

逆転するing the 拒絶する／低下する in 宝くじ sales makes Thompson a more attractive 的 for other companies. She has overseen the 開始する，打ち上げる of new games, 顕著に the European 宝くじ, and 確実にするd that 90% of 終点 修理s can now be 扱うd by Camelot's call centres. This means an extra 500 終点s are in use at any one time, helping to 上げる sales.