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Ex-TAP CEO Ourmières-Widener sues Portuguese state - report

Christine Ourmières-Widener, a former chief executive of TAP Air Portugal (TP, Lisbon), will contest her dismissal earlier this year in court, sources told the business daily Jornal de Negócios. Her lawyers have reportedly filed a compensation claim of EUR5.9 million euros (USD6.3 million).

Ourmières-Widener, who is French and who in July became CEO of Air Caraibes (TX, Pointe à Pitre) and French Bee (BF, Paris Orly) parent Groupe Dubreuil, was Group CEO at TAP from June 2021 to April 2023. Before that, she was chief executive of flybe. (2002), having previously held senior posts at CityJet, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and Air France.

When she was fired from TAP, she accused Portugal’s auditor general (Inspeção-Geral de Finanças - IGF), which was investigating a severance payment of EUR500,000 (USD535,000) handed the previous year to a former executive board member, of “discriminatory behaviour”. At the time she hinted at, “in due time, legal consequences” in retaliation, in an effort to restore her “honour and reputation”.

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