Yvan Bourgnon’s worries continue. While he is being prosecuted for having cheated in 2017 during one of his highly publicized solo expeditions, the navigator has also just left all his functions within the association The SeaCleaners, of which he is the founder.
“Following the discovery of financial irregularities by the Board of Directors, confirmed by the first conclusions of an independent audit, the founder of The SeaCleaners association, Yvan Bourgnon, in this context, preferred to present the November 20, 2023 his resignation as a member of the Board of Directors and member of the association, as well as his role as president of Manta Innovation, after having resigned from his position as President of the association on September 29, 2023″, the association published this Wednesday in a press release.
Before specifying: “The conclusions of this audit, which will be known by early December 2023, will make it possible to assess the damage suffered by the association. The Board of Directors then reserves the right to guarantee its integrity by all necessary legal means. The association affirms that its absolute priority remains to do everything possible to guarantee the sustainability of its activities serving the protection of the oceans and biodiversity, in particular through the implementation of innovative depolluting vessel projects (Manta and Mobula). .”
According to the press release published this Wednesday, the first conclusions of the independent audit presented to the Board of Directors on October 17, “testify to irregular and unjustified expenditure on the part of its former president”…