By Reuters Staff
(Recasts with CEO quotes, sources)
MILAN, April 29 (Reuters) - Generali Chief Executive Philippe Donnet said on Thursday he had already started working on a new strategic plan as tensions among investors in Italy’s largest insurer are seen rising in view of the renewal of the board next year.
Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, Generali’s second-largest investor with a 5.6% stake, snubbed the company’s AGM on Thursday in the first public sign that the businessman is unhappy with the balance of power among shareholders, sources have said.
Another major shareholder, Leonardo Del Vecchio, who had also been critical of some of Generali’s strategic moves in the past year, attended the meeting and backed all items voted on, a source close to the Italian billionaire said.