BANGKOK -- Thai family-owned conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group has taken an abrupt step toward leadership succession as its senior chairman resigned from its core unit without naming a successor.
Dhanin takes major step in family-owned group's succession plan

Dhanin Chearavanont, CP group's senior chairman, speaks to Nikkei in a 2016 interview. (Photo by Tomohide Yamaguchi)
BANGKOK -- Thai family-owned conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group has taken an abrupt step toward leadership succession as its senior chairman resigned from its core unit without naming a successor.