[ noun ] the person who steers a ship <noun.person>
Steersman \Steers"man\ (st[=e]rz"man), n.; pl. {Steersmen} (st[=e]rz"men). [Steer a rudder + man: cf. AS. ste['o]rmann.] One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel. --Milton.
Sailing off into unknown waters with neither steersman nor charts is hardly the most promising set of circumstances, least of all for the gaggle of absolute beginners manning Deutsche Telekom.
As Gough says, the job is that of 'a steersman, not the oarsman'. Some tensions still run deep from the Deloitte merger three years ago, which may persuade former partners of that firm to support McFetrich.