Scandalous manager and former adviser to US President George W. Bush. Francis Townsend ends at Activision Blizzard as CCO (Director of Compliance) and Vice President. The announcement was made by CEO Bobby Kotick in a letter to employees seen by Bloomberg.
Townsend is not leaving Activision Blizzard entirely as he will board advisor and Bobby Kotick himself. “Fran has done a truly exceptional job — four jobs in fact — with ever-increasing responsibilities and an exemplary work ethic,” Kotick wrote in the aforementioned letter.
The manager is surrounded by various disputes. For example, she was criticized for her comments on the sexual and other harassment case at Activision Blizzard. In an email to employees, she allegedly described the lawsuit as “really baseless and irresponsible, presenting a distorted and misrepresented image of the company, including factually incorrect, outdated and out of context stories.”
In addition, she is associated with focusing on the “exposure issue” on her Twitter, blocking Activision Blizzard employees on the social network, and eventually deleting her account completely.
Activision Blizzard CEO Fran Townsend, whose recent letter regarding the lawsuit was criticized by company employees and even CEO Bobby Kotick, is now under fire for this tweet. Several Activision Blizzard employees say Townsend blocked them on Twitter for replying pic.twitter.com/BMJCE0IraN
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) August 1, 2021
Last but not least, as an adviser to then US President George W. Bush, she defended the legal basis for torture techniques. drowning.
Francis Townsend will immediately replace a couple of women – vice presidents – Just Brewer as well as Lucy Altman.
Source : Zing
