2024-04-09 08:03:49
After returning in October 2023, Chris Bannister leaves his position in the middle of the complex panorama that WOM is going through.
Just three days after the company WOM announced its reorganization plan financial After filing for Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Law, the company managed by the fund Novator Partners asked him to resign Chris Bannisterbetter known as Uncle WOMwho served as CEO of the company.
According to what was reported by La Tercera, the executive spent less than six months in office, after his return on October 18, 2023.
Regarding his replacement, the Englishman’s successor will be the Argentine Martin Vaca Narvaja former CEO of the company Apex America.
In his resume he records steps in the mobile technology company Brightstar and Telecom, where he served as an executive.
Martín Vaca will have the difficult mission of leading the WOM reorganization process and the order of its finances.
Chris Bannister’s time at WOM Chile
Chris Bannister, Also known as Uncle WOM, he worked at the telephone company from 2015 to 2018, where the brand became one of the largest operators in Chile.
In 2018 he resigned to lead the company’s arrival in Colombia. However, after the general manager at that time, Sebastián Pretcht, resigned from the position, The renowned executive returned to WOM in October 2023.
After his arrival, there were various cuts and layoffs within the company. Until December 2023, about 120 people in total.
However, this critical situation did not stop there, since the number rose to 300 workers, that is, the 10% of the payroll.
In this way, Chris Bannister, known as Uncle WOM, who even appeared in the company’s commercials thanks to his particular style, ended his work within the company.