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...Two other Icahn nominees failed to attract enough votes to win board seats, paving the way for Illumina chief executive Francis deSouza and director Robert Epstein to be re-elected....
...Simon Francis, who was Emea head of debt financing, has left the bank, among other changes. Carlyle has appointed two leaders of its Asia team to new roles....
...Miami is positioning itself as a business haven to rival Switzerland, Monaco or Singapore, according to Francis Suarez, the mayor for whom the Florida city’s rise has become a springboard for his wider political...
...Illumina chief executive Francis deSouza has resigned following a bruising proxy battle with activist investor Carl Icahn over the future of the world’s biggest gene sequencing company....
...“This is some kind of anti-woke backlash in the form of removing what would have been seen as radical aspects of the journal,” said Professor Carl Rhodes, dean of the business school at the University of...
...On his final earnings call as chief executive of gene sequencing company Illumina, Francis deSouza did his best to stay positive....
...Influential proxy advisers Glass Lewis have recommended investors withhold their support for the reappointment of Illumina chief executive Francis deSouza and chair John Thompson to the board of the company...
...Illumina has appointed Jacob Thaysen as its new chief executive, as the biotech group seeks to rebuild its leadership team following a bruising proxy battle with activist investor Carl Icahn....
...Carl Ennis, chief executive of technology group Siemens in Great Britain and Ireland, said the UK tended to focus on centralised projects and decision making rather than smaller regional developments, as...
...“Francis did not handpick board members. This isn’t a board that are friends of Francis,” he said....
...In June, Illumina chief executive Francis deSouza resigned following a bruising proxy battle with activist investor Carl Icahn....
...The recommendation that shareholders withdraw their support for chief executive Francis deSouza and chair John Thompson is a boost for activist investor Carl Icahn, who has launched a proxy battle against...
...Illumina shareholders have voted to oust company chair John Thompson and approve a nominee supported by Carl Icahn following a bruising proxy battle led by the veteran activist investor....
...Illumina chief executive Francis deSouza was awarded $26.7mn in total pay in 2022, almost double the amount in the previous year, despite a sharp fall in the company’s market value....
...Illumina’s chief executive Francis deSouza was awarded $26.7mn in total pay in 2022, almost double the amount in the previous year, ahead of a proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn....
...Activist investor Carl Icahn attacked the deal as reckless and pushed for the exit of Illumina’s longstanding chief executive Francis deSouza, who in June agreed to step down....
...Illumina has appointed Jacob Thaysen as its new chief executive, as the biotech group seeks to rebuild its leadership team following a bruising battle with activist investor Carl Icahn....
...can be read within a global context, thanks in large part to the multicultural collection that López Alonso has put together, where Olafur Eliasson sits next to Abraham Cruzvillegas, Andy Warhol next to Francis...
...Francis deSouza, Illumina chief executive, and chair John Thompson were talking to Icahn over his board nominees, the company said....
...The San Diego-based company’s decision to complete the acquisition unleashed a challenge from Carl Icahn....
...Illumina has urged shareholders to reject three director nominees proposed by Carl Icahn, saying the activist investor’s claims about a lack of independence among directors on the board is “deluded”....
...Earlier this year, the company’s chief executive Francis deSouza resigned following a bruising proxy battle with activist investor Carl Icahn, who led a shareholder campaign criticising the “reckless decision...
...Even Francis DeSouza’s divorce got brought into it in one of Carl Icahn’s letters to investors. Michela Tindera So we have Icahn on one side. He wants Illumina to sell Grail....
...On Monday, its boss Francis deSouza resigned after a proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn over Illumina’s decision to proceed....
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