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MasterClass: Leadership Change
WRC Portugal: Ogier storms back into lead as Solberg's charge unravels
Source: motorsport.com
- What happened
- WRC Portugal: Ogier storms back into lead as Solberg's charge unravels
- Who
- MasterClass · Portugal
- When
- 2026-05-09
- Source
- motorsport.com
- So what
- A change at the top rarely stays at the top.
The leadership read
A change at the top rarely stays at the top. MasterClass's move reshapes the layer beneath it in the sector as a new leader sets priorities and the team re-forms. Watch the first two or three appointments that follow; they signal direction more reliably than any statement.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 122.7 (Hot) (up 17.8 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-17.7pts) on signal share.
MasterClass: 0 signals in the last 90 days; 3 tracked across 18 days.
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H. Lundbeck A/S →Lundbeck's Board Chair Dorothea Wenzel will step down at the 2027 AGM. The Board intends to appoint Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen as the new Chair, and he joins the Board effective 10 November 2026.
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Eintracht Frankfurt →Sporting director Markus Krösche has left Eintracht Frankfurt with immediate effect at his own request, per the club's official confirmation. His contract had run to June 2028 and was said to remain valid 'with adjustments'.
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Granarolo →Filippo Marchi has stepped down as general manager of Italian dairy group Granarolo after more than eight years in the role.
Where this lands in our work
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Incoming executives reshape governance needs within two quarters.
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