Tony Sylvester

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**Tony Sylvester** is the Chairman and CEO of Steele's Pots and Pans and Belinda Blumenthal's boss who married his former PA Giselle at the start of Book 4. In Book 6 he becomes Chairman and CEO of Steele's after the retirement of Sir James Godwin. He plays the Fairy Godmother Managing Consultant in Christmas Porno 6.

## Appearance and Personality

Compared to the rest of the Steele's Pots and Pans employees, Tony is quite distant, usually only being seen when Belinda and her colleagues are called into his office. He uses his voice freely as the voice of authority in the company and sometimes complains when his employees slip up in their endeavours. However, he seemed to be very much in love with Giselle and also has a lot of respect for Sir James Godwin, the chairman of the company's board.

Not much is known about Tony physically, but in *The Job Interview* it is stated that he has rugged features.

## Season 1

Tony is introduced in the first chapter of Book 1 when he interviews Belinda for the post of International Sales Director at Steele's Pots and Pans, where he invites her to strip off but does not actually have sex with her. He also introduces her to Bill from HR and, upon her successful employment, invites her into his leather room with Giselle through a secret door in his office. He is proud of Belinda's success in sales after meeting with various clients on the company's behalf.

## Season 2

Tony receives the product order placed by Peter Rouse's supermarket chain, and is gobsmacked at the size of it. He calls Belinda to his office without delay to ask what she did with Peter to earn such a lucrative deal, but she keeps her lips sealed. He dismisses Belinda, then gives some free passes to the Ritz spa to Giselle for her and Belinda.
He meets up with Belinda some time later, to get her report on her business trip to Amsterdam. Giselle listens in on Belinda's account, and expresses suspicion that Belinda has left certain key details out of her story (such as having sex in Peter Rouse's kitchen sink, getting blackout drunk at a fancy restaurant, and then participating in a live sex show, perhaps?). Belinda promises to fill in Giselle another time, and Tony complains jokingly that his sales director only talks to his PA, leaving him out of the loop. Belinda laughs and leaves.
After Belinda returns from her business trip to Texas the following week, Tony calls her to his office for a debrief. Tony once again is flabbergasted at the size of the business order she managed to get from Jim Stirling, and this time says it's possible they won't actually be able to fulfill the promised amount of products. Belinda waves this concern away, and Tony tells her her bonus is looking better and better all the time. At this, Belinda tentatively tells him that all the credit cannot go to her, and that Bella needs to be rewarded as well. She suggests that Bella be promoted to Key Account Manager, giving her responsibility for the Jim Stirling account. Upon hearing this, Tony blinks.

## Season 3

Tony thinks long and hard for a few seconds about Belinda's proposal to promote Bella, and agrees it sounds like a solid idea. They call Bella in to give her a job interview, but Bella is delayed slightly by not understanding the new key card system the offices got recently. Tony begins by asking her if she would like a change of job, prompting her to think he's about to fire her for not knowing how to use the new key cards. He quickly reassures her, and proposes that she become a Key Account Manager, working under Belinda. Bella is ecstatic, and breathlessly agrees, running out of the room in excitement.

## Season 4

The first few chapters of Book 4 consist of the events leading up to and during the wedding ceremony and reception of Tony and Giselle, including the revelation that a shadowy cloaked man who snuck into the venue halfway through was actually Tony's long-lost brother from the military, George Sylvester. Despite this family drama, Tony and Giselle's wedding seemed to go off without a hitch other than that with the majority of Steele's employees being invited.

## Season 6

In light of Sir James Godwin stepping down from his position at Steele's to pursue justice for his late wife and Belinda Blumenthal, Tony Sylvester gets promoted to Sir James' old position as CEO and Chairman of the Board.

At least a week later, Tony has a meeting with an industry lobbyist, Giles Cottonsbirth, who's looking to collaborate with Steele's on putting together some focus groups. Tony delegates this task to Belinda Blumenthal.

## Appearances

* Season 1 episodes 1, 2, 4, 7
* Season 2 episode 1, 9, 17
* Season 3 episode 1
* Season 4 episodes 1, 2, 3, 6, 13
* Season 5 episodes 1, 2, 3, 9, 11 (*mentioned*), 13
* Season 6 episodes 1 (*mentioned*), 3 *(mentioned)*, 4 *(mentioned)*, 5, 6 (*mentioned*), 10
* Christmas Porno 5 *(mentioned)*, 6 *(mentioned)*
* Finale Part 1