The board of Metro Nashville Airport Authority has discovered "additional serious failures" to "fulfill a chief executive's fiduciary duties" by former CEO Rob Wigington weeks after he was fired, according to a memo sent to employees Friday.
Wiginton was terminated on Oct. 18 by the ten-member board of commissioners who oversee operations at Nashville International Airport. The board accused Wigington of making crucial personnel and spending decisions without board approval, including $2.6 in incentives to British Airways for a nonstop London flight and more than $390,000 in severance payments to three departing officials.
Under Wigington's five-year tenure, federal authorities conducted two fraud investigations and one former employee was convicted. A scathing consultants report concluded that Wigington's leadership style was "dictatorial" and that the Authority was "ill equipped to operate like a business."
Friday's memo, obtained by the USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee, did not detail the newly discovered fiduciary failures and spokeswoman Shannon Sumrall said she could not provide more information.
The memo also informed employees that the board expected Wigington to soon file a lawsuit contesting his dismissal.
"The Board of Commissioners has tried to work out some arrangement with Wigington that would avoid the distractions and expense of litigation," the memo said. "Mr. Wigington has rejected these efforts, and we expect a lawsuit to be filed in the near future."
A management committee of the board will meet Dec. 6 ahead of a full board reconvenes Dec. 13 at a regular meeting to discuss Wigington's termination and to "decide how to recover the lost income resulting from Mr. Wigington's breach of his contractual duties," according to the memo.
Wigington had been on medical leave for several months, and was relieved of his duties when he tried to return to work Sept. 8.
Wigington's attorney, Kevin Sharp, has accused the board of violating federal employment law in dismissing him.
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