Rogers Communications’ former chief financial officer Tony Staffieri is the company’s new top executive, the company announced. His predecessor Joe Natale left after chair Edward Rogers emerged the winner of a boardroom fight precipitated by Rogers’s attempt to put Staffieri in the top job. Staffieri was named interim CEO while the company looked for a permanent appointee. (The Logic)
Talking point: Despite his interim status, Staffieri in December named former Quebecor CEO Robert Dépatie to lead Rogers’s home and business division. The Globe and Mail reported that chief communications officer Sevaun Palvetzian is also leaving (her name had already vanished from the company’s leadership roster Tuesday) along with senior vice-president Dan Golberg, who followed Natale from Telus in 2018. Rogers is awaiting CRTC approval for its multibillion-dollar purchase of rival Shaw Communications.