ISS advises shareholders in JP Morgan to elect independent chairman. Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services advised JPMorgan Chase & Co to disassociate the duties of a Chairman from the Chief Executive Officer.
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NN Appoints New CEO
NN appoints Richard Holder as its new CEO. There is a new CEO for NN and the new appointee is Richard Holder to be effective on June 3, 2013. Holder is replacing Roderick Baty, who is retiring from the office.
Two Directors Respond to Proxy Advisories in JP Morgan
Two directors issued a letter in response to the recommendations made by proxy advisory firms on the ceo-chairman split issue as well as removal of some of the JP Morgan directors from the board.
Hess Splits CEO and Chairman Seat
Hess, in a move to address criticisms, splits the position of CEO from Chairman. In a bold move, Hess Corp would be splitting the roles of chairman and chief executive officer in its annual shareholders meeting next week.
Menezes is new Diageo CEO
Ivan Menezes replaces Paul Walsh as the new CEO of Diageo. The globe's largest spirits distiller, Diageo, has announced that Ivan Menezes would become the new Chief Executive Officer of the company replacing Paul Walsh.
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QIB CEO Bassel Gamal said that the bank would no longer issue any more sukuk bonds until 2014. The Gulf region's largest sharia compliant banking institution in terms of assets, the Qatar Islamic Bank, has said that it is not expecting to issue more Islamic bonds before 2014.
From the position of Executive Director and CFO, Mark Hews rises to become CEO replacing Michael Tripp.
Uber is said to be in venture financing discussions despite CEO pronouncements. Uber, the fast growing alternative taxi transportation service is now in discussion with a venture capital firm about a new funding round that is forecasted to value the company at about US$1 billion.
Intel CEO sends letter to FCC Chairman throwing support to the Softbank bid. Paul Otellini, the CEO of Intel Corp has sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission vouching for his support for SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel instead of the Dish Network's unsolicited bid.
Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn expects approval for the China plant for the carmaker to be approved by the end of the year.
Rosneft CEO Sechin changes tact with Rosneft minority shareholders. The head of Russian top oil producer Rosneft, Igor Sechin announced last Tuesday he is reiterating his cooperation with the minority shareholders of TNK-BP Holding.
Accor shareholders may pressure CEO to leave due to dismal performance. According to a Reuters report, Chief Executive Officer of Accor may be expelled by the company's board by Tuesday due to weak performance of the company shares in the local bourse in the past months.
ASML Holdings introduces new CEO and unveils buyback plan for shares. The largest semiconductor equipment supplier in Europe, ASML Holding NV has appointed its finance director Peter Wennink to the position of Chief Executive Officer.
Powerwave Technologies gets a shot in the arm in the form of a credit facility from P-Wave Holdings, an affiliate of The Gores Group.
