Pros
The only Pro i can think of - If you're a white guy with charisma and "speak the same language" to ease your way into the inner circle of the management team in London. Not meant to be offensive but it does show how shallow the management is.
Cons
1) If you don't belong to inner circle, be prepared to be thrown under the bus, regardless of work excellence. 2) Doesn't matter if you have substance or not. Just need to be adopt characteristics of a "greasy car salesman" or hired from WLT, and you'll be admitted into the inner circle and promised a beefy title or guaranteed promotion 3) Management speaks of vision to unite the company but it's only a PR exercise. If your region is not performing well, heads will roll immediately and without warning. 4) Management is hardly leadership material which one would expect - they protect self interests first (*refer to earlier point about being thrown under bus*)