Trust Xavier Rolet to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

For most chief executives, the collapse of a highly-ambitious merger they had championed would have torpedoed their reputation. But Rolet has sailed through the wreckage of the proposed deal between the London Stock Exchange Group and Deutsche Börse that was blocked by European antitrust authorities in March. After eight highly successful years as LSE’s CEO he is now announcing his planned departure with his stock as high as ever.