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Personnel

Pet food manufacturer Terra Canis has started Steve King, president and CEO of the American
the new year with a change at the top. Dr Pet Products Association (APPA), retired on
Marcus Vogler, managing director of the com- 31 December. APPA’s board of directors has
pany since May 2014, left towards the end of initiated a nationwide search, with APPA ex-
last year. After taking a short break, he intends ecutive vice-president and chief operating of-
to become more involved in advising family ficer Andrew Darmohraj, CAE, acting as interim
firms in the field of M & A and interim manage- CEO while the board works to fill the position
ment. Birgitta Ornau, founder of Terra Canis, has been joined in permanently. King joined APPA in 2019. Prior to this, he served as
the management team by Thomas Reinarz (picture), who becomes president of the Pet Industry Distributors Association (PIDA).
chief operating officer (COO) according to his LinkedIn profile. Rei-
narz previously held various positions at Nestlé and subsidiaries
From 1 January, Christian Kümmel (photo), cur-
of the group, latterly spending six years as regional supply chain
rently senior vice-president of corporate controlling
director of the Central Region at Nestlé Purina Petcare. Nestlé ac- & development, has assumed responsibility to-
quired a majority holding in Terra Canis in April 2017.
gether with Dr Johannes Steegmann for the overall
management and operating business of the Fress-
Petco has announced the appointment of Iris napf Group. Kümmel succeeded Dr Hans-Jörg
Yen as an advisor to its board of directors. She Gidlewitz, who left the corporate group at his own
will also serve as a board observer, immedi- request. Gidlewitz had been managing director of the Fressnapf Group
ately providing high-calibre expertise in digital, since March 2015.
brand building, retail and strategy, as well as
an avenue of continuity as Petco seeks direc-
Dog-care specialist Bark Company has announced that chief finan-
tors when seats become available in the future.
cial officer John Toth will step down from his position to spend more
Before joining Petco, Yen time with his family on the West Coast. The company has retained
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Earthwise Pet acquires stores Mandarin fund acquires Croci
of Pet Pros The Croci Group has sold 70 per Created in 2007, Mandarin (MCP)

In the USA, Zeke and Sabino Arre- while the chain’s offices are in cent of the shares in the company was the first European fund to
dondo have taken over the 18 Woodinville. With the acquisi- to the independent private equity concentrate on international de-
stores of the Pet Pros chain. They tion of the Pet Pros store inven- firm Mandarin Capital Partners. velopment strategies, focusing
will run the stores as franchisees tory, Earthwise Pet has taken its The transaction is intended to on China and the Far East and
under the umbrella of Earthwise total number of branches to 151 accelerate the company’s expan- supported by a considerably di-
Pet. The shops are located in across the country. Pet Pros had sion in international markets. It is versified investment team with of-
Auburn, Bellevue, Bonney Lake, been owned since 1992 by Harvey reported that company founder fices in Luxembourg, Milan and
Bothell, Issaquah, Lake Stevens, and Nancy Peterson. The stores Dario Croci will retain a signifi- Shanghai. Croci’s sales came
Maple Valley, Mill Creek, Milton, have been operated since 2016 cant minority holding as well as to 50 mio euros in 2021, 35 per
Monroe, Newcastle, Puyallup, by general manager Georgann Mc- continuing to run the business as cent of which derived from sales
Renton, Seattle and Tacoma, Conn, who will continue in this role. managing director. abroad.

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