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Back|Accor: Parvus wants to accelerate the succession of Sébastien Bazin
Accor: Parvus wants to accelerate the succession of Sébastien Bazin
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Le Figaro Actualités·1 hour ago·Business·1 min read·🇫🇷France·

Accor: Parvus wants to accelerate the succession of Sébastien Bazin

The hotel group's largest shareholder wants a new CEO before Bazin's term ends in May 2028

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  • Parvus, Accor's largest shareholder with 15%, is pushing the group to accelerate the search for a successor to Sébastien Bazin, CEO since 2012.
  • After an agreement at the general meeting in May, the board of directors mandated Egon Zehnder to find a new boss, but has still not established a short list.

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Parvus holds 15% of the capital of Accor, making it the largest shareholder of the French hotel group. Sébastien Bazin has led Accor since 2012 and his mandate runs until May 2028. At the end of May, on the eve of the general meeting, the fund's managers agreed to vote in favor of the CEO's remuneration, on the condition that the latter announced that he was ready to shorten his mandate. Just after the AGM, the board of directors entrusted the Egon Zehnder firm with the mission of finding a new boss.

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The largest shareholder of Accor (15%), Parvus is determined to accelerate the search for a successor to Sébastien Bazin, CEO of the French hotel giant since 2012. At the end of May, on the eve of the general meeting, the managers of the fund had agreed to vote in favor of the CEO's remuneration, on the condition that the latter announced that he was ready to shorten his mandate, supposed to end in May 2028. Just after the AGM, the board of directors had entrusted the Egon Zehnder firm with the mission of finding a new boss.

The board of directors has still not established a “short list”

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  • Accor's board of directors will establish a short list of candidates to succeed Sébastien Bazin in the coming weeks

    Likely · Within weeks

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  • ?Who are the potential candidates to succeed Sébastien Bazin?
  • ?When will the board of directors establish the short list?
  • ?Will Sébastien Bazin actually shorten his mandate before May 2028?

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This article was originally published by Le Figaro Actualités.

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  • Parvus, Accor's largest shareholder with 15%, is pushing the group to accelerate the search for a successor to Sébastien Bazin, CEO since 2012.
  • After an agreement at the general meeting in May, the board of directors mandated Egon Zehnder to find a new boss, but has still not established a short list.

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