Adrian Whitlock had always believed that a document passing through the proper departments could be trusted.
That belief became considerably harder to defend when his general counsel asked him to identify who had authorized Nadia's signature on the Bellwether certification.
He looked across the conference table at Claire Warren.
"Surely that's something your department can establish."
"We're trying to. At present, the available records don't identify the person who obtained her approval."
"It's an administrative issue, Claire. The transaction involved dozens of documents. Things were consolidated during closing."
"Who authorized the consolidation?"
Adrian opened his mouth, then stopped.
It was Friday morning, and he'd already endured a difficult conversation with the finance team a
