The Montreal Port Authority proclaims the departure of its govt vice-president of finance and know-how, barely per week after the sudden resignation of its CEO.
In an e-mail despatched Monday, the group confirmed that Alban Fournier will depart his place in lower than two weeks to turn into chief monetary officer of semiconductor producer 5N Plus. This announcement is a part of a current wave of exits throughout the administration of the nation’s second-largest port.
The administration revealed earlier this month that the president and CEO, Julie Gascon, had left her place, barely two years after taking workplace and with out obvious discover.
The CEO’s departure adopted that of the vice-president of enterprise improvement and operations final month, and got here only a week earlier than Prime Minister Mark Carney was set to kick off a long-planned port growth undertaking.
This exodus of managers comes after 5 years of declining freight volumes at this facility, which has skilled a number of strikes since 2020.
In an e-mail, the spokesperson for the port authority, Renée Larouche, signifies that an individual has been appointed to imagine the vice-presidency of finance on an interim foundation and that the transition is continuing easily.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews