AA seeks new chairman to steer it through turnaround plan

Sky News has learnt that the board of the AA has hired the search firm Korn Ferry to find a successor to John Leach.The search is being led by Andrew Blowers, the AA's senior independent director, and comes at a time when the AA continues to struggle to convince investors that it can successfully tackle its huge debts.Under chief executive Simon Breakwell, the AA has embarked on a strategy to put data and technology at the heart of a company boasting more than 12 million consumer and business cu