{"id":2291,"date":"2025-10-22T12:55:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sitefansalaran.ir\/En\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:55:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:55:05","slug":"novo-nordisk-chair-and-independent-directors-to-exit-in-strategy-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sitefansalaran.ir\/En\/2025\/10\/22\/novo-nordisk-chair-and-independent-directors-to-exit-in-strategy-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Novo Nordisk chair and independent directors to exit in strategy dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The chair of Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk and six other independent board members will step down next month after a dispute over strategy with the drugmaker&#8217;s controlling shareholder, the Novo Nordisk Foundation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The company said on Tuesday that Helge Lund and the other independent directors would step down at an extraordinary shareholder meeting on November 14.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Foundation said it would propose Lars Rebien Sorensen, a former Novo CEO and current chair of the Foundation, as temporary chairman of the drugmaker for two to three years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Novo ousted CEO Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen in May over concerns that the company is losing its first-mover advantage in the highly competitive obesity drug market. His replacement has launched a restructuring drive, including 9,000 job cuts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Given the rapidly changing environment in which Novo Nordisk operates, we believe it is in the best interest of the company and its shareholders to carry out a board renewal as soon as possible, rather than waiting until the annual general meeting in March next year,&#8221; Sorensen said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a separate statement, Lund said it had &#8220;not been possible to reach a common understanding&#8221; with the Foundation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The Board proposed a renewal focusing on the addition of select, new competencies while also maintaining continuity, whereas the Board of the Foundation wanted a more extensive reconfiguration,&#8221; he said, without elaborating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chair of Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk and six other independent board members will step down next month after a dispute over strategy with the drugmaker&#8217;s controlling shareholder, the Novo Nordisk Foundation. 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