William Turner

William Turner is a not at all corrupt senior manager in Symvatec. He also has political ambitions. He features in Nine Whispered Words.

Getting as far up the corporate ladder as he has wasn’t easy; he has had to be both clever and ruthless. He is, roughly, an ambitious, profiteering, amoral, power-hungry bastard.

He came to the 1981 retreat in order to force Springer to sell out to Symvatec, intending to do this by undermining Edward Clayton, or by persuading Clayton to work with him.

William also has political ambitions, and local party people have offered him the chance to stand for the Conservative safe seat Vale of York in the next election, so he has a strong incentive to hide any immoral actions.