Shares in Ipsos slump after new CEO appointment

Ipsos SA

31/07/2026 08:53

** Shares in Ipsos ISOS.PA slump 8.4% after the French market research firm appointed a new CEO
** Kelly Beaver will replace Jean-Laurent Poitou, who will leave to pursue personal projects almost a year after he was first appointed CEO
** Beaver worked for Ipsos for 15 years
** Poitou had launched a new strategic plan in January as the company sought to reverse sluggish growth
** Shares are on track for their worst day since April 17, after the company presented its first-quarter results

(Reporting by Lucie Barbier in Gdansk)
((lucie.barbier@thomsonreuters.com))