OUR TAKE: What made Thomas Volk walk away from Cancom?
The new boss of the German reseller had big shoes to fill after he replaced long-standing CEO Klaus Weinmann in 2018. CPI editor Josh Budd looks at the circumstances that could have prompted Thomas Volk to part ways with Cancom
Yesterday, Cancom unexpectedly announced that its CEO, Thomas Volk, had handed in his resignation letter to the supervisory board. In an unusually brief and vague announcement that lacked detail, Cancom simply announced that Volk had left due to "differing opinions" on the company's future. Volk was on a five-year contract with Cancom, so he leaves the company three and a half years early. Taking the reins of the fast-growing and ambitious reseller in October 2018 proved a largely thankless...
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