The Australia-headquartered platform provider sacked Ohanessian as chief executive and managing director on 22 February.
At the time, the company said a chief executive with a different skillset was needed to service the company’s leadership needs for the next phase of its growth and development.
Ohanessian joined Praemium as chief executive in August 2011.
Chairman Greg Camm, who joined Praemium in November 2016, held the chief executive role briefly until Robert De Luca was appointed on an interim basis on 6 March.
A new chief executive is expected to be appointed in the next few months, although Camm said that De Luca would be a “strong candidate for the permanent role, should he elect to participate in the process”.
General meeting
Representing a group of shareholders, that collectively owns more than 17% of Praemium, Ohanessian notified the company on 15 March that he wanted to arrange a general meeting to:
- Remove as directors, Andre Carstens, Peter Hamler, Robert Edgley and Camm, along with any person appointed as a director on or after 14 March.
- Appoint Barry Lewin, Stuart Robertson and Daniel Lipshut, presumably as directors although this is not specified.
In a statement, Praemium advised that the company is “seeking advice as to its position with respect to the purported notice”.
