After the group’s president, Teresa Gonçalves, left her position for “personal reasons”, SATA co-opted financial director Carla Neto as administrator to ensure “daily management”.
SATA management co-opted financial director Carla Neto as administrator to ensure the “daily management” and restructuring of the group while “awaiting the appointment” of a new board, it was revealed this Thursday.
In an internal statement, to which the Lusa agency had access, the rest of the board of directors composed of João Crispim, Bernardo Oliveira and João Carlos Roque, announces that “they co-opted Dr. Carla Neto, currently responsible for the financial management of the company, to assume the role of administrator with financial responsibility“.
The co-option occurs after the departure of Teresa Gonçalves from the management of the SATA group and the administrator with financial responsibility, Dinis Modesto.
“The board of directors of SATA Holding will, therefore, have four effective members continuing with the work that was being carried out, restructuring and recovering the companies of this emblematic and essential company for the Azores,” the message reads.
The board of directors also appointed Bernardo Oliveira and João Crispim as non-executive directors, while Carla Neto remains as executive director of the group companies. “in order to guarantee the quorum necessary for the full functioning of the boards of directors of these companies”.
“The board of directors is operational and capable of assuming the daily management of the group and its subsidiaries, pending the appointment, by the shareholder, the Regional Government of the Azores, of a new board of directors,” guarantees the administration.
The administrators reveal that they trust that “it will be possible to continue with the excellent work” that has been done, “increase productivity and maximize results”.
The board of directors also says they believe “that it will be possible to maintain the character, commitment to quality, excellence, clarity and focus of everyone to make the group viable.”
“[O Conselho de Administração] believes that we will increase teamwork and maintain the high productivity of this group and its companies. Beyond the past we proudly accept, it is time to look toward the promising future we all believe in.“, is also mentioned in the note.
On April 9, the regional government (PSD/CDS-PP/PPM) announced that the president of the SATA group, Teresa Gonçalves, resigned from her position for “personal reasons.”
That day, before journalists, the president of the government of the Azores, José Manuel Bolieiro, stated that Teresa Gonçalves resigned for “personal and contextual reasons” and guaranteed that there will be no procedures suspended due to changes in administration.
Teresa Gonçalves’ resignation occurred four days after the final decision of the jury of the public tender for the privatization of Azores Airlines was announced.
In Lusa, on April 30, the last day at the head of the group, Teresa Gonçalves stressed that “she did not abandon” SATA.
“We have carried out our work in the most professional way possible. “When we think we can no longer act effectively according to our principles and our beliefs and the way we actually think we should act, that’s it, we have to walk away,” he said.
Source: Observadora
