A French chief executive has been granted an exemption from hotel quarantine and will spend his 14 days at a suburban address in Adelaide.
Pierre Eric Pommellet is the global boss of Naval Group, contracted to produce 12 new Attack Class submarines in South Australia for the nation’s future fleet – an $89.7 billion project.
He is expected to meet with Defence Minister Linda Reynolds during his visit to Australia.
SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens told news.com.au in a statement that SA Health’s exemptions committee approved Mr Pommellet’s application to quarantine in a separate location “on the basis of security grounds”.
Mr Stevens said the application was subject to his team’s assessment “in relation to being able to provide a secure environment” and was based on “the placement of dedicated resources there” so it could be safely managed.
“We are satisfied that the security requirements were legitimate and warranted an exemption under those circumstances and…
