The Japanese industrial conglomerate Toshiba has confirmed this Wednesday the resignation with immediate effect of Nobuaki Kurumatani from his responsibilities as president and CEO of the company, for which a week ago he presented a purchase offer of 20,000 million dollars (16,730 million euros ) the CVC Capital Partners fund.

Before joining Toshiba in 2018, Kurumatani had been the head of CVC’s Japanese operations, sparking controversy over the fund’s offering.

Toshiba’s board of directors has appointed Satoshi Tsunakawa, who had been Kurumatani’s immediate predecessor at the helm of Toshiba, as the new president and CEO of the multinational.

An offer to buy Toshiba from a non-Japanese entity would require the approval of the Japanese government, as the company operates several nuclear plants in the country.

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