Amateur Photographer Magazine in the UK has posted an interview with Michael Woodford, the former Olympus CEO-turned-whistleblower whose 2011 revelations about corporate mismanagement lead to mass resignations and major restructuring at the Japanese company.
In the interview, Woodford describes the strain on his personal life, from coping with his wife’s anxiety following the exposure of the scandal to advice from British police to fit a reinforced front door and seal up the letterbox of his property in case his whereabouts became known to Japanese organized crime syndicates.
Speaking of the strain on his marriage, Woodford told Amateur Photographer’s Chris Cheesman ‘we could have broken up […] but I don’t think that’s unique to us. I think any marriage or couple who suffer extreme emotional [stress]… it doesn’t make you together. It accentuates your differences. That is what happens in those situations. ‘There was enough love and shared experiences that we’ve managed to hold it together.’
