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Castel family power struggle turns into a battle of communications
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Castel family power struggle turns into a battle of communications

From Le Temps · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The Castel group faces a governance dispute between Romy Castel, a member of the founding family, and Swiss chief executive Gregory Clerc.
  • Four other family branches said they distanced themselves from Romy Castel and opposed legal proceedings brought by some relatives against the management.
  • The statement has become part of an escalating public communications battle over control of the group.

The dispute over control of the Castel group has moved into the open, with rival sides contesting who speaks for the French wine and beer empire’s founding family.

the unity, stability and proper functioning of the group

— Four branches of the Castel familyThe family branches used the phrase to reaffirm their support for the group’s current stability.

Romy Castel has spent months seeking to remove the group’s management and regain operational control of the company founded by her father, Pierre Castel. The governance crisis has placed her in opposition to Gregory Clerc, the group’s Swiss chief executive.

In a statement dated Aug. 28, four other branches of the family said they were distancing themselves from Romy Castel and reaffirmed their commitment to “the unity, stability and proper functioning of the group.” They also said they “disapprove” of legal proceedings launched by some family members.

a small minority

— Four branches of the Castel familyThey used the phrase to describe family members involved in the legal proceedings.

The four branches described those relatives as “a small minority” and said they were not “authorized to speak on behalf” of the family. Romy Castel’s camp disputes the statement, turning what began as an internal governance fight into a public communications battle. The conflict also passes through Geneva, adding a Swiss dimension to the struggle over the group’s leadership.

authorized to speak on behalf

— Four branches of the Castel familyThey said the relatives involved in the proceedings could not represent the wider family.
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Originally published by Le Temps in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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