Facebook’s former chief security officer said Mark Zuckerberg should be replaced as the company’s CEO

Facebook’s former chief security officer said Tuesday that Mark Zuckerberg should be replaced as the company’s CEO, arguing that he has too much control over the social media giant.

Alex Stamos, who left Facebook in August of last year, said that the company would benefit from a change in its management structure, which currently allows Zuckerberg complete authority over decision-making given his dual role as CEO and chairman of the board.

“There’s a legitimate argument that he has too much power,” Stamos said of Zuckerberg at a technology conference in Toronto. “He needs to give up some of that power. If I was him, I would go hire a new CEO for the company.”

He added that the move would allow Zuckerberg to better focus on overseeing Facebook’s product development, which he is most passionate about.

Stamos even offered up a potential replacement.

“My recommendation would be Brad Smith from Microsoft — some adult who has gone through this before at another company,” he said, referring to the turmoil and scrutiny that Facebook is facing, largely over privacy and oversight concerns.

The comments from Stamos, who reportedly left the company because of differences with Zuckerberg and other executives, come as other former Facebook insiders are giving the social network and its 35-year-old leader a vote of no confidence.