Hard Success

He was being too successful, or something:

"I don't think it would have mattered," he says. "We left at a time when we had a good candidate, she was fully funded. "What we had set out to do, no-one thought we could do," he continues. "And we had become so successful in our agenda, it was hard to say, 'No, I'm going to stop now'... It was a hard decision." One he regrets? Surely withdrawing earlier could have given someone else a greater chance? "No, I think it was the right decision." He pauses. "I think that… Well, it was just a difficult decision."

Fortunately someone else made it for him...