Thomas Cook is on everyone's lips in the tourism sector. Your continued fall in stock market and the departure of its CEO, Manny Fontenla Novoa, has sparked numerous rumors about his future.Morgan Stanley speculation about a merger with Tui only way out British tour group did not help much, so background noise does not stop.
After leaving the Galician-born businessman 'Manny', as he was known by everyone in the industry, has taken his place temporarily Sam Weihagen, but the group itself has indicated that it is a temporary option while looking for the ideal relay.
The collapse of Thomas Cook stock market, even though Tuesday is experiencing an excellent day with a rise greater than 10%, have much to do with the uncertainty created by not having it covered the two main positions within the group: the CEO and president.
All indications are that the current chairman, Michael Beckett, will leave his post next February, at the next annual meeting of the group. So says the British media at least specialist who added that this decision will be made public in the coming weeks. And to take his place, there is one candidate that sounds hard, David Michels, former CEO of Hilton Hotels (since he left in 2006) and is currently vice president of Marks & Spencer.
Michels is also a member of the Board of easyJet airline that has served as senior independent director, as he will leave later this year as previously announced, although you will soon because as we reported yesterday preferente.com, the founder and main shareholder of easyJet, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has called a special meeting of council to vote on immediate withdrawal of Michels.
The editor of SkyNewsCity, Mark Kleinman, said that "Michels would be very logical choice for the presidency of Thomas Cook. A major shareholder in the group told me that the cunning enough to bring the company to soar.
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