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The director of dance at the Paris Opera, Aurelie Dupont, who faced criticism in the past over her leadership, announced her surprise resignation on June 16.

The 49-year-old ex-star dancer said she was devoting herself to new projects including a book and documentary.

Following the departure of Cyrille Dupont from Greece, he has been succeeded at the chair of the French-Greek Chamber of Commerce and Industry by Laurent Thuillier (seen here in a file photo), deputy general manager at Groupama Insurance, the chamber stated on Tuesday.

A three-year US Securities and Exchange Commission investigation found that Dow Chemical failed to properly disclose around $3 million in perks for former chief executive Andrew Liveris, ranging from personal use of company aircraft to sporting events and dues Dow paid to a charity Liveris chaired.

Aurelie Dupont (R) and Stephane Lissner

DowDuPont Inc chief Andrew Liveris will step down on April 1, making good on an earlier promise to retire as the company named existing managers to head its materials science unit when it is spun off as Dow next year.