Patrick Thomas, Hermès' chief executive officer, has resigned from Lacoste's board of directors. The announcement came shortly after Lacoste shareholders re-elected the members of the company's board, on Sept. 24, and subsequently appointed Sophie Lacoste Dournel as its president (see the previous issue of SGI Europe). The decision was strongly contested by Sophie's father Michel Lacoste, the previous president, who supported the candidature of his niece Beryl Lacoste-Hamilton to succeed him. The reasons for the Hermès chief's decision remain unknown. Lacoste has been run since 2008 by Christophe Chenut, the former chief executive of the major French sports media group, L'Equipe.

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