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Analysis: Does Katherine Maher’s shock exit open the door for Paddy Cosgrave’s Web Summit return?
The shock departure of the Katherine Maher, the Web Summit chief executive, has created the possibility that its controversial founder Paddy Cosgrave could return
That Katherine Maher is to step down as chief executive of Web Summit after three months is both surprising and yet not a surprise at all.
There had been rumours ever since her hasty appointment that Maher was only stepping in as chief executive on a temporary basis. She will stay on as a non-executive chair of Web Summit, so she isn’t cutting her ties completely with the company.
The talk was that Paddy Cosgrave, Web Summit’s co-founder and former chief executive, would want to return to the role once the controversy about his comments on Israel had blown over.
