Dr. Luis R. Marcos, the corporation's longest-serving president, stepped down in January after a six-and-a-half-year tenure, during which he staved off Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's efforts to privatize the corporation and balanced its budget with less financial help from the city.
Lauder resigned eighteen months after assuming the Vienna post, following a difficult tenure during which Kurt Waldheim, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, was elected Austria's President, despite having been exposed as a Nazi officer.
EA executive John Schappert came over to the company for a short tenure, during which the company pursued sequels like Farmville 2 and Mafia Wars 2. In some cases, these sequels just didn't work out as Mafia Wars 2 alienated much of the game's original player base.
Yahoo has been buffeted in recent weeks by the firing of its chief executive, Carol A. Bartz, after a rocky two and a half year tenure during which she failed to turn around the struggling company.
The chief, Michael P. Dombeck, was a primary architect of that plan and other conservation measures in a four-year tenure during which he led the agency through a time of tumultuous change.
National Institutes of Health Director Elias Zerhouni announced today that he will step down by the end of October, after a 6.5-year tenure during which he dealt with a flat budget and ethics controversies while working to break down institutional barriers at the $29 billion institute.
It's generally regarded as having been a hugely successful tenure, during which Jonas has never been shy of flying the flag for British performers and production teams.
PARIS — Dermot Mannion resigned Monday as chief executive of Aer Lingus, ending a four-year tenure during which he took the Irish airline public and battled to keep it out of the hands of an aggressive rival, Ryanair, but also failed to lift its share price.
PARIS -- Dermot Mannion resigned Monday as chief executive of Aer Lingus, ending a four-year tenure during which he took the Irish national airline public and battled to keep it out of the hands of an aggressive rival, Ryanair, but also failed to lift its share price.
Mr. Prince's abrupt exit followed huge losses that dragged down Citigroup's long-stagnant stock, while Mr. Parsons is retiring at the end of 2007 after a five-year tenure, during which he stabilized the company but failed to move Time Warner shares higher.
