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News

Personnel

The Fressnapf Group is mourning the loss of vet- Chewy has announced the appointment of Mark
eran administrative board member. Nicola “Nic” Eamer as chief marketing officer (CMO). He will
Dechamps, who passed away on 9 January at spearhead the continued expansion of Chewy’s
the age of 66. marketing and customer engagement capabili-
He began his career in the pet supplies sector ties, with ownership of the company’s marketing
at Iams Pet Food. In 2001, he set up his own strategy, partnerships and analytics, including
business as founder and managing director of full-funnel customer growth and development,
Genic International. In this capacity he advised companies on retail paired with strong go-to-market execution. Having first joined Amazon
strategies, multichannel concepts and organisational restructuring. in 2000, Eamer most recently served as vice-president of advertising,
Dechamps was also one of the guiding figures on the administrative product and media, with a focus on leading the company’s advertising
board of the Fressnapf Group. Having initially advised the company efforts across IMDb TV, streaming TV, FireTV, and Alexa devices.
with regard to internationalisation, he moved to the administrative
board in 2013, where he played a key role in shaping the Fressnapf The Heristo group of companies has strength-
strategy and organisation. ened its pet food business operation with the
appointment of Christian Schröder as division
Monge, the Italian pet food company, has appointed Simone Boanini managing director at Saturn Petcare with ef-
as sales manager for the pet store distribution channel. He joined the fect from 1 November. The division comprises
company in 2017 and will now coordinate the activities of its field Saturn Petcare, with production plants in
service. This was reported by the Italian industry portal petB2B.it. Bremen (Germany), Hattem (Netherlands) and
Vigo (USA), and the Animonda brand. In his new role of director,
Schröder is responsible for the future development of the pet food
Central Garden & Pet Company appointed Lisa Coleman to the
company’s board of directors with effect from 26 September. business nationally and internationally within the Heristo Group.
She brings more than 25 years of experience in talent manage- He previously chaired the management of Bell Germany as well
ment and development including executive coaching, leadership as having held various managerial and supervisory board posi-
tions within the Swiss Bell Food Group.
development, leadership and succession planning and talent
acquisition.
Giuseppe Pierini, founding partner and managing director of Pro-
mofiere and one of the driving forces behind the international trade
David Bäuerle (left) has
taken charge of pur- show Zoomark International, has passed away at the age of 77.
chasing, customer service, Pierini developed Zoomark International over a number of years
with Messe Bologna. He was greatly respected in the Italian pet
logistics and IT at Pets Na-
sector and also in the wider business world.
ture with effect from 1 Jan-
uary. Dennis Vidal (right)
has moved to head the The UK store chain Pets at Home has announced
sales, marketing and R&D units. He joined the company in 2019 that CEO Peter Pritchard will step down from
and was previously sales manager for the German-speaking coun- his role as chief executive officer and director
tries. Vidal aims to raise the profile of Orijen and Acana with bricks- of the company next summer. He has been
and-mortar retailers. He will be supported in this venture by a Eu- with Pets at Home for eleven years. He will re-
ropean sales and marketing team from Champion Petfoods that main in post as CEO until the end of May to
is based in Amsterdam. This will focus on the major markets of oversee the presentation of the group’s interim
Germany, France and the UK, then expanding to Italy, Spain, Por- results for 2022 to the investors and to ensure a smooth transition
tugal and Poland. to his successor.

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