I'm sure its just the way it was written but it sounded a lot like the CEO was totally inappropriate, chucked a maddie and then backtracked - there's certainly

I'm sure its just the way it was written but it sounded a lot like the CEO was totally inappropriate, chucked a maddie and then backtracked - there's certainly a bit of ambiguity that the author might not have noticed, knowing the man personally as he does.