The Iron Lady will soon have a new director. Weakened since female staff were sidelined during a visit by a Hindu religious group in early September, the chief executive of the Eiffel Tower operating company (SETE), Patrick Branco Ruivo, announced on Tuesday 29 September that he will leave his post at the end of the year.
His position, at the head of SETE since 2018, had been severely undermined after female employees were excluded during a visit in early September by members of the ultra‑conservative Hindu movement Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha.
