At Orange, the question of the age of the president creates tensions - GlobeEcho

In the heart of the process of appointing the future president of Orange, called to replace Stéphane Richard after the general meeting of shareholders on May 19, the question of the age of the future captain is creating a stir internally. The employee shareholders, who hold just over 7% of the capital and 11% of the voting rights of the telecom operator via the Orange Actions company investment fund, oppose a project to change the group’s statutes , has learned The world. The three trade union organizations represented on the FCPE supervisory board, namely the CGT, the CFDT and CFE-CGC, came out unanimously against this project.

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“How could the staff accept that Orange is chaired by a septuagenarian when the issues require younger leaders? », are astonished the employee shareholders in a press release published on March 14.

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