Remy CEO quits after 3 months in job
PARIS: French spirits group Remy Coin treau SA said on Thursday that its chief executive officer Frederic Pflanz has resigned, for personal reasons, after only three months in the job
Pflanz, the company's former chief financial officer, had been appointed CEO in June, and formally took the reins on Oct 1
"Board chairman Francois Heriard Dubreuil will temporarily assume the responsibilities of CEO," the company said in a statement, adding that the group's strategy remained unchanged.
Remy Cointreau did not elaborate on the reasons for Pflanz's departure, but said he would remain within the company as development director
A former finance director at the con- sumer products unit of cosmetics giant L'Oreal SA, Pflanz had been Remy's CFO since July 2010 and had added the chief operating officer post to his CFO role in December 2012.