sentences:  In 1943 he was general manager of the company.Plummer prospered at the "Daily Express" group despite disagreeing on politics with the proprietor Lord Beaverbrook because of his own skill as an administrator and Beaverbrook's known liking for talent-spotting among left-wingers.Plummer left the "Daily Express" when he was named by John Strachey as chairman-designate of the Overseas Food Corporation at the end of 1947.