Luis Rodriguez, previously ahead of SATA, takes office this Thursday as chairman of the executive committee and board of directors of TAP, succeeding Christine Urmier-Widener and Manuel Bejo, who were removed by the government.
The announcement was made on Wednesday by the Ministry of Finance, which said in a statement that the appointment was approved at a general meeting of shareholders, at which the state was represented by the General Directorate of Treasury and Finance (DGTF).
The meeting also decided on the procedure for the dismissal of Urmier-Widener (Executive Chairman) and Manuel Beja (Chairman of the Board of Directors), whose last business day fell on Thursday.
Thus, Luis Rodriguez moves from Sata to TAP, having previously completed his studies at the Nova School of Business and Economics. At TAP, he was already an executive director from 2009 to 2014.
He has also worked for Media Capital and PT Comunicações and was Executive Chairman of Fisher Portugal from 2003 to 2008.
The Ministry, supervised by Fernando Medina, in the same note emphasized that the decision completes the process that was initiated at the general meeting on March 13, when the DGTF notifies the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Executive Committee (SCE) “from the company of the relevant draft decision to dismiss the next day “.
The PCA and PCE sent their application to the DGTF on March 28, and the documents were “properly reviewed and taken into account” in the decision, according to the executive.
“Thus, the conditions are met for TAP to start a new phase that can ensure the focus on the successful implementation of the company’s restructuring plan, for which the daily contribution of all employees is important,” he concluded.
On Thursday, TAP’s executive president told workers in a letter that Lusa had access to that she was “with great sadness” leaving the company, which is stronger and has a privileged geographic location.
“It is with great sadness that I leave TAP after almost two years…”, begins Christine Urmier-Widener.
In a formal letter, the manager says the past two years have been “intense and challenging, hard work alongside the most competent and dedicated teams” she has known.
The government announced the dismissal of airline chief executive Christine Urmier-Widener and chairman of the board of directors Manuel Beja on March 6 after the results of an inspection by the General Inspectorate for Finance (IGF) were made public. , which concluded that the Alexandra Reis departure agreement was invalid and most of the compensation, in the amount of around half a million euros, should be returned.
The dispute began at the end of December, when Correio da Manhã revealed that the then finance minister had received about €500,000 in compensation for leaving the company’s management two years ahead of schedule.
The process has been harmonized in accordance with the code of commercial companies when TAP falls under the scope of the public manager law.
The case led to a government reshuffle, including the resignation of former infrastructure and housing minister Pedro Nuno Santos.
The TAP Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry has heard the top figures in recent weeks, including Christine Humier-Widener, Manuel Beja and Alexandra Reis, with revelations that have increased pressure on António Costa’s government.
Finance Ministers Fernando Medina, Parliamentary Affairs Ana Catarina Méndez and Infrastructure Minister João Galamba are in the spotlight after TAP’s executive president confirmed the Liberal Initiative’s complaint about a meeting with the PS parliamentary group on the eve of parliamentary hearings in January.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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