Philippe Donnet, who has been CEO at Europe’s third-largest insurer since 2016, is running for reappointment with the backing of Generali’s outgoing board and its leading shareholder Mediobanca. Donnet’s candidacy is opposed by Italian tycoon Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, Generali’s second-largest …
Norges Bank Investment Management, one of the main institutional investors in Generali GASI.MI, backs the reappointment of CEO Philippe Donnet, a proxy voting record on the website of the company running Norway’s sovereign wealth fund showed. Shareholders in Italy’s biggest …
Leading investor advisers have recommended shareholders at Generali back the proposal by the Italian insurer’s outgoing board to hand CEO Philippe Donnet another term at the helm, documents showed on Saturday. In reports issued by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and …
A rebel investor in Generali could mount a legal challenge if his bid to appoint new top executives at Italy’s largest insurer loses by a narrow margin in a shareholder vote this month, a candidate for the chairman’s role said. …
Italian tycoon Leonardo Del Vecchio is backing a push for a change in leadership at Assicurazioni Generali SpA, saying that a proposed slate of new managers put forward by investor Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone could free the way for a major …
Generali has fired executive Luciano Cirina, who is challenging incumbent Philippe Donnet for the role of chief executive, with immediate effect for alleged breach of contract, Italy’s largest insurer said on Monday. Cirina, who was Generali’s head of Austria and …
The rebel challengers to Generali’s current management pledged to grow earnings by double figures through cost cuts and free up more cash for M&A deals for Italy’s largest insurer. Generali is facing a power struggle over its board composition at …
Insurer Generali said on Wednesday it had suspended Luciano Cirina, its head of Austria and CEE countries, who has been proposed by a leading shareholder for the role of chief executive in a challenge to incumbent Philippe Donnet. The top …
A leading Generali shareholder on Tuesday proposed naming the Italian insurer’s head of Austria as its new chief executive, in a challenge to the reappointment of Philippe Donnet. Generali’s outgoing board has put forward Donnet for a third mandate as …
