The Swiss thing was not a “deal”, and he would not have been involved as an analyst. It was a regulatory application.
It also happened in 2007, before LP was an officer and really she took over after that.
Your post digs deep, in terms of years,connects things that are not really connected and attacks board member basically out of the blue.
I am presuming there is some undisclosed motivation. Usually this kind of nonsense suggests an effort to make a move on a company. But in this case, poorly executed.