Yet one more Ubisoft govt has left the corporate after a number of workers accused him of sexual harassment and misconduct.
Tommy François, who served as Ubisoft’s vice chairman of editorial and artistic companies, left the corporate final week, Enterprise Insider confirmed, after acquiring an inner e mail from Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. Though Guillemot didn’t touch upon the explanations for François’ departure, it got here only a week after Enterprise Insider recounted experiences from each present and former Ubisoft workers, who stated the manager would touch upon feminine colleagues’ appearances and inappropriately massaged co-workers. He additionally mentioned masturbating throughout a 2016 enterprise journey to Montreal, the staff instructed Enterprise Insider.
François oversaw the inventive path for a wide range of studio franchises, together with Murderer’s Creed, Watch Canine, and Far Cry. It’s unclear who has taken over the vital place François held, and the corporate didn’t instantly reply to a Digital Traits request for touch upon his departure and supreme alternative.
François is simply the newest in a string of Ubisoft executives to depart the corporate following claims of widespread sexual harassment and abuse on the studio. Final month, Ubisoft chief inventive officer Serge Hascoet resigned following sexual harassment allegations, together with Ubisoft Canadian studios chief Yannis Mallat, human assets head Cécile Cornet, and others. François labored intently with Hascoet, who reportedly had the ultimate say on whether or not video games would transfer ahead or not.
Guillemot stated after experiences surfaced final month that the corporate was “actually sorry” to those that got here ahead and shared their tales. He promised to “change Ubisoft for the higher” and stated the studio had employed world consulting agency Accenture to launch an investigation into how widespread the problems are. The outcomes from that investigation are due in late September.
In different statements, Guillemot has additionally promised to overtake the inventive division Hascoet and François oversaw and acknowledged that the corporate had “fallen brief in its obligation to ensure a protected and inclusive office surroundings for its workers.”
Wanting forward, Ubisoft plans to construct “an surroundings that its workers, companions, and communities will be pleased with — one which displays Ubisoft’s values and that’s protected for everybody,” Guillemot stated.
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