Only one day left until the appointment Carlos Gustavo Cano This Thursday, he named the chairman and vice chairman of the board, as well as the different management committees of the board, as chairman of Ecopetrol, the state-majority company’s highest governing body, after its members were identified. company.
Cano was elected chairman and vice president Mauricio Cabrera Galvis, but through networks An article written by Cano was known. In announcing Thursday’s appointment to the public, the President petro He did not confirm the appointment.
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And thereafter, through several of his close collaborators, he ordered the board members affected by him, as well as those who were not, to be dismissed as chairman of the board in the Friday morning session. 24 hours after unanimous vote.
In the letter, the accuracy of which was confirmed to EL TIEMPO by sources close to Cano, it was stated that when this request was presented to the members of the board of directors, “the decision was made by the chairman” to remove him from the said position. another reason why it has proven its independence from the current government.
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Ecopetrol’s board of directors is meeting again this Friday morning and the change is expected to be communicated to the market. It was also known that the spirits of this meeting rose after an energetic position during the session.
Subsequently, Ecopetrol confirmed, through the relevant information of the Financial Audit, that Saúl Kattan Cohen is the new chairman of the board of Ecopetrol and Mauricio Cabrera Galvis will remain as vice chairman.
On the other hand, a source familiar with the details of the Board, He explained to EL TIEMPO that President Petro “had nothing to do with it” “because the Assembly never ended: it was held on Thursday and Friday” in the decision taken within two days. Although Carlos Gustavo Cano was voted for in the first part, “it was decided to vote for the renewal” in the second part, again a situation where all the members of the Board of Directors were unanimous in their election. Saul Kattan.
However, and paradoxically, Chairman Petro said that “Ecopetrol, like any other company, structures its Board of Directors according to shareholding (and) the majority of the (oil company) shares are owned by the State.” It is understood that he effectively mediated the change of the chairmanship of the board.
Source: Exame
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