When I worked closely with 3 senior executives, (2 of whom would 6 years later serve jail time for white collar company crimes), of a billion dollar collapse, one of my first creepy feelings was 'so very many blimmin companies you have'. Placeholder companies, trusts, English Channel Islands, West Indies, Singapore. When one company I know for certain had ceased trading, they would keep it running, just in case, paying fees etc for doing so. It just didn't make sense.
My slightly tangential advice for you. As a humble empoyee, I saw the disadvantages of people rushing to be a director of a company. When given a chance to be a director at a young age, I said hell no thanks and have never regretted it. If you can be paid as an employee and not be a director, do that

.
More specific to the story, completely expected. Aussie Lleyton Hewitt is doing a version of it in the Bahamas. Lewis Hamilton pretends he's English when he pays Monaco's fatcat nothing taxes. To be honest I'm more disappointed in the ATO and ASIC for being inept toothless tigers who need cases given to them on a platter to do something.