Sacked Lotus CEO Dany Bahar files claim against DRB

Sacked Lotus CEO Dany Bahar files claim against DRB

Remember ex-Lotus CEO Dany Bahar? The sacked exec has filed a claim against Group Lotus and its Malaysian parent DRB-Hicom for wrongful dismissal. Bahar was suspended in May following “a complaint about his conduct” and investigations led to him being sacked in June.

Bahar, 40, is seeking compensation of 6.7 million pounds (RM32.9 million) from Lotus for alleged unlawful early termination of his employment. This was revealed by DRB’s Bursa filing yesterday. The conglomerate’s lawyers in the UK were notified of the claim on August 23, the filing said.

“Dany Bahar was dismissed after an investigation into his stewardship of Lotus. We believe we have acted properly at all times,” DRB said, adding that they and Lotus would “vigorously” oppose and defend the claim. DRB and Lotus will file counter-claims against him, so we’re expecting a courtroom battle that will shed more light on the dismissal.

Bahar, architect of an ambitious five-year plan at Group Lotus, joined the Hethel-based company as CEO in 2009 from Ferrari, where he was a senior vice president. Prior to that, Bahar worked at Red Bull GmbH and Fritz Kaiser Group.

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Comments

  • not you again..get lost!!

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  • nabill on Aug 28, 2012 at 11:10 am

    out of court settelment….

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  • Janji da 3rd Parti on Aug 28, 2012 at 11:30 am

    2 ways of looking at it, its either:

    1) Mr Bahar really is a party animal, misusing company monies for own private parties…, OR

    2) DRB Hicom (after taking over) decided to put their OWN guy at Lotus’ helm, resulting in this.

    Whoever it is, justice shall prevail.

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  • helmi on Aug 28, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    White man burden.

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  • Dany Bahar doesn’t deserve to be in Lotus. Let the facts out & give the position to a better guy.

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  • ben yap on Aug 28, 2012 at 1:14 pm

    I wonder who is worst. Dany Bahar or Dr. M?

    LOLLL

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    • Janji da 3rd Parti on Aug 28, 2012 at 2:38 pm

      ben yap…

      Answer to your question will be:

      Who made more money to feed almost an entire lifeline & generations of family members and fellow cronies :)

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    • Junaidi on Aug 28, 2012 at 5:25 pm

      DSZ should also be held accountable for bringing
      this Turk into Lotus.How about the umpteen trips to UK by DSZ and also how about the UK registered Lotus DSZ was spotted driving around Subang?
      DB is just a scape goat as the bigger culprits
      are still sitting pretty in Proton.

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    • matlimmutu on Aug 28, 2012 at 5:29 pm

      ha ha ha

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  • NasUrudin aidid on Aug 28, 2012 at 3:03 pm

    Dirty white bastard

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  • NasUrudin aidid on Aug 28, 2012 at 3:04 pm

    I mean Turkish bastard

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  • matlimmutu on Aug 28, 2012 at 5:30 pm

    i don’t like dany bahar.

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  • Cheah Tat Cheong on Aug 28, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    Good luck and good riddance Dany Boohoo!

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  • alex hall on Aug 28, 2012 at 6:12 pm

    Kudos to Danny! Let’s sue their pants off!

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  • Sabahman on Aug 28, 2012 at 10:27 pm

    What was Proton doing owning Lotus in the first place? Isn’t Proton losing enough money on its own cars?

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    • alldisc on Aug 29, 2012 at 11:28 am

      this happened in mid of 90s during the era of the late Tan Sri Yahaya Ahmad (Al-Fatihah) and his ambitious plan of making Proton a respectable car manufacturer. included in his plans were

      1. to gain benefit of Lotus’s engineering knowledge in engine and chassis engineering (Lotus even engineered Toyota Celica Supra’s suspension)

      2. to gain benefit of Citroen’s diesel engine knowledge (at that time one of the best in Europe) that led to technology transfer using Citroen AX (outdated, nevertheless) as basis. 1.1 model as entry level, 1.4 EFI the sporty version and 1.5 diesel to educate Malaysians the advantages of diesel engine in cars.

      Tan Sri Yahaya passed away in tragic helicopter incident in 96 or 97 and that plan was scrapped by DRB board of directors looking at the poor response Proton received by the Tiara model.

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  • At least, under him, the Evora is a step forward beside the usual track based models. Proton should purchase Suzuki instead of Lotus, it’s a dream for proton to be a mazda like car company. Concentrate on the basic first before adding all the spices.

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