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Qioptiq CEO Bazire Steps Down

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Paris-based optics company Qioptiq announced today that Benoît Bazire is leaving after 10 years as CEO. Qioptiq, formerly known as High Tech Optics, was acquired by Candover in a buyout from Thales in 2005. Bazire's decision to leave the group and pursue other opportunities was made in agreement with Candover; he will retain an economic interest in the company. Bazire will be replaced, effective immediately, by Fredrik Arp, who has held senior executive positions in large global companies for the last 20 years, most recently as CEO and president of the Volvo Car Corp. Before that, he was CEO...Read full article

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