SHE SIGNED THE COMPLETION CERTIFICATE. THE LIABILITIES WERE UNRESOLVED. THEY CLOSED THE DEAL ANYWAY.

Three critical pages detailing £318 million in pension liabilities went missing from a due diligence report before a $2.3 billion acquisition. The consequences of this omission would haunt thousands of workers as their pensions remained undisclosed to trustees until 2012. Priya Mehta kept both versions of the report for sixteen years.