“There will be a grave.” Tidjane Thiam received numerous hate messages in 2016, when he was CEO of Credit Suisse, says the NZZ on Sunday. The Sunday newspaper says it has decided not to reproduce them due to the seriousness and scale of the threats. The author of the messages was a former employee of the British insurance group Prudential, where Tidjane Thiam worked before joining the Swiss bank.
The man also attacked Tidjane Thiam on the internet by defaming him in the form of false profiles on dubious platforms, to the point of having newsletters from pornographic sites sent to his former boss’s email account. This urge for revenge pursued the Franco-Ivorian all the way to Zurich. Finma even received a letter from the harasser indicating that Credit Suisse now had a “criminal boss” at its head. As is the procedure, the financial markets policeman has opened several investigations. Conclusion: the man suffered from psychological disorders. He died before the case came to court. A death without any suspicious signs, according to the British authorities.
Sensitive tasks
The author of the aggressive messages was “the man for sensitive situations”, indicates the NZZ. According to the German-speaking media, the security expert carried out particularly delicate tasks, such as monitoring individuals or obtaining information about them. However, its mission within Prudential remains unclear, and the British company did not wish to comment on the matter. The only certainty: his hatred towards Tidjane Thiam germinated following his dismissal.
A hatred so great that the former boss of Credit Suisse would have been afraid. In October 2016, he ordered Credit Suisse teams to monitor the harasser in England. At the same time, a British law firm was hired on behalf of the banking establishment to stop the hate campaign.
The NZZ to ask yourself: could the Prudential affair be at the origin of its need for security? During his tenure as CEO, the late bank with two veils had several employees monitored. If he has always denied being aware of the spinning mills, Tidjane Thiam has not resisted the scandal. Requested by the NZZa spokesperson for the former boss declined to comment.
