FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Werner Marnette, who earlier this month resigned as chief executive of Norddeutsche Affinerie AG (NA), is eyeing a seat on the German copper smelter's supervisory board, Financial Times Deutschland reported, citing Marnette.
A board membership would be 'the highest honour for me', he was quoted as saying.
The company announced Nov 9 that Marnette quit 'by mutual consent' without giving reasons.
Marnette had earlier struck an agreement with Mirko Kovats for NA to buy the Austrian investor's stake in Belgian copper company Cumerio, which NA is trying to take over.
In return Marnette granted Kovats' A-TEC Industries AG two seats on NA's supervisory board, but NA's supervisory board rebuffed the deal.
Kovats will not oppose a nomination of Marnette to the board, Financial Times Deutschland cited sources close to Kovats as saying. ludwig.burger@thomson.com lb/mas/jlc COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News.
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