<h1>Governance deadlock at conglomerate as trustee factions dispute board appointments, prompting ministers to intervene with executives</h1> Senior executives of a major conglomerate and trustees of its controlling charitable trust met with the country's home and finance ministers amid a governance dispute among trustees over board appointments at the group's holding company. The trust, which controls roughly 66% of the holding company, is reported to be split between two trustee factions, while an external shareholder holds about 18.4%. The internal dispute over board seats and decision-making authority is described as threatening operational stability across the conglomerate's hundreds of businesses and prompted government-level engagement.