World Economic Forum CEO Borge Brende quits after sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ties scrutinised
WEF CEO Borge Brende resigns after scrutiny over his past interactions with Jeffrey Epstein, with the Forum appointing an interim successor.
World Economic Forum (WEF) President Borge Brende (Reuters file) Borge Brende, president and CEO of the World Economic Forum, said Thursday he was resigning, a few weeks after the forum launched an independent investigation into his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Brende, who became president of the WEF in 2017, announced his decision in a statement following disclosures from the US Justice Department that showed the Norwegian had three business dinners with Epstein and had also communicated with the disgraced financier via email and text message, news agency Reuters reported.
The co-chairs said the WEF’s Alois Zwinggi will serve as interim president and CEO, and that the forum’s Board of Trustees will oversee the leadership transition, including a plan to drive a process to identify a permanent successor.
Brende was Norway’s foreign minister from 2013-2017 and is one of several prominent Norwegians who have faced scrutiny following the latest release of Epstein files. (AI-generated graphic)
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