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Personnel

Petco Health and Wellness Company has ap- As of 1 July, Betty McPhee was appointed vice-
pointed omnichannel veteran R. Michael Mohan president of sales for North America at IQI
as lead independent director. He joined the Trusted Petfood Ingredients. In her new posi-
board of directors in March and will continue tion, McPhee is responsible for continued sales
to serve on its audit committee. Mohan is a in the North American pet food market. Her
seasoned retail leader and most recently served mission includes giving further shape to the
as the president and chief operating officer of strategic partnerships with suppliers and cus-
Best Buy Co. As president and COO, he was responsible for the tomers. McPhee brings more than 25 years of experience in sales,
operations of Best Buy’s U.S. and international businesses and led marketing and strategic business development in the fields of pet
services, customer experience, category management, merchan- food, animal feed and human food, having previously worked in
dising, marketing and supply chain. various sales, marketing and strategic business development posi-
tions at key players, including AGT Foods, Omega Protein and Cargill.

As of 1 October, Daniel Behlert became senior
vice-president of supply chain management Michelle Green has joined British manufacturer Nature’s Menu as
& logistics with responsibility for the entire lo- international marketing manager. She brings more than 18 years of
gistics chain, thereby strengthening the man- experience of working with a number of well-known British brands,
agement team at Fressnapf. He has accumu- including Thorntons and Ella’s Kitchen.
lated previous e-commerce experience in a
variety of positions, including with Amazon
Hans Ulrich Siber (centre), former
and Zalando, where he was director of warehouse operations for marketing director and member of
the logistics hubs of the online fashion platform in Germany.
the general directorate of the Migros
cooperative association, is the new
Thomas Oberste-Schemmann (photo) is as- chairman of the administrative
suming the position of vice-president of CRM board of Swiss pet supplies retailer
International at Fressnapf. He succeeds Timo Meiko Heimtierbedarf.
Jatzwauk, who headed the CRM process at Entrepreneur Pierre-Alain Mathier (right) has joined the board as
the Fressnapf Group for eight years and was a new member, while Philip Frei (left), who has run the company
responsible for introducing the national and for 17 years, is staying on as co-founder, administrative board
international CRM programme. member and managing director.
Thomas Oberste-Schemmann was previously director of global
CRM analytics at Douglas. At Fressnapf he is expected to play “a
Miriam Zabiega has been appointed as cor-
key role in further internationalisation of customer retention”, ac- porate affairs director for Royal Canin UK and
cording to a spokesperson for Fressnapf. He is considered an ex- Ireland. She joins the UK and Ireland leadership
pert in data-driven omnichannel business, having conceived and team and takes over responsibility for corpo-
implemented customer-oriented marketing strategies based on rate affairs from John O’Connor, who has
data analysis at Douglas.
moved to a new role within Mars Veterinary
Health. Miriam Zabiega will lead the UK and
Maxi Zoo Ireland has announced the appointment of Enrico De Luca Ireland corporate affairs function in its diverse scope, across in-
as new managing director (MD). Four years ago, De Luca started ternal, external, and scientific communications and scientific and
his personal development path at Maxi Zoo as finance director in regulatory affairs. Prior to joining Royal Canin, she acquired expe-
Italy. In recent months, he has taken on the role of MD in Ireland on rience of internal and corporate communications working for brands
an interim basis and officially took the reins on 1 June including the BBC, Nokia, Thomas Cook Group and Microsoft.

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