Grifols hires new CEO, four weeks after short-seller Gotham City report

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05/02/2024 16:57

MADRID, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Spanish pharmaceutical company
Grifols  GRLS.MC  said on Monday it had hired Nacho Abia as
Chief Executive Officer, four weeks after short-seller Gotham
City issued a report questioning the company's accounting and
triggering a market value meltdown. 
    Abia, a former top executive at Tokyo-based medical firm
Olympus  77.33.t  will take over on April 1, Grifols said in a
filing to the stock market regulator CNMV.
    Additionally, the company said Raimon Grifols and Victor
Grifols, respectively Chief Corporate Officer and Chief
Operating Officer, will voluntarily leave their jobs, though
both will remain board members. 

 (Reporting by Inti Landauro and Corina Rodriguez)
 ((Inti.Landauro@thomsonreuters.com;))