Adidas CEO seeks more time for new strategy after two flops
But investors want faster change at the top as the company starts search for his successor
Berlin
SINCE 2008, Adidas chief Herbert Hainer has abandoned two long-term strategy plans after failing to deliver the promised results. This week, Mr Hainer expects to offer a third such plan - and says he deserves two more years to get it on track.
Mr Hainer, a 60-year-old Bavarian who has been CEO since 2001, last year persuaded the supervisory board to extend his contract through March 2017. That will provide "sufficient time for a smooth transition" to the next CEO, he told employees in a letter released last month as recruiter Egon Zehnder International set out searching for his successor.
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