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News

Personnel

Zooplus is losing Cornelius Patt, its long- Dominik Stohler, founder and proprietor of
standing CEO and co-founder. A press release Delipet AG in Switzerland, passed away on
by the company states that he and the super- 20 May at the age of 58 after a brief but se-
visory board have agreed that he will step rious illness. “His drive, commitment and
down from his role and his responsibilities wealth of new ideas enabled him to build
will be handed over to a new CEO. Patt will Delipet AG up from a small business manu-
continue in post until a successor has been facturing dog treats to the international pet
determined. The company has also announced the appointment food company it is today, operating at two locations,” stated the
of two new members of the supervisory board in Kate Swann (former obituary published by the company. The family intends to continue
CEO of WH Smith) and Stefan F. Heidenreich (former CEO of Beiers- running the company in keeping with his legacy.
dorf). They took up their roles with effect from 19 May.

Worldwise, a pet supplies platform and a portfolio company of A&M
A change of CEO has taken Capital Partners, announced that Jeff Sutherland has joined the
place at Qualipet, Switzer- company as its chief operating officer (COO). With over 30 years
land’s leading pet store chain. of diverse pet industry experience, Jeff Sutherland will work closely
Fabian Boffa, son of company with the company’s CEO Kevin Fick, its management team, and its
founder Rolf Boffa, assumed private equity sponsor to further optimise enterprise-wide opera-
the role on 1 May. He has been tions and support the company’s continued growth.
working for the company since
2006, becoming deputy CEO in 2015. Qualipet founder Rolf Boffa
has stepped down after 31 years as CEO, although he will remain At German pet food manufac-
as chairman of the group’s board of directors. “The generation turer Bosch Tiernahrung, three
change will guarantee stability, dependability and continuity for long-serving staff members,
everyone concerned,” says the entrepreneur. Reinhold Habel, Dr Ralf Nuhn
and Dr Franz-Josef Neumann,
have retired from the company.
The Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association (PFMA) welcomes new
Reinhold Habel stepped down
chair Claire Robinson-Davies, corporate communications director
on 1 May after nearly 33 years with the company. He had been part
at Nestlé Purina (UK & Ireland, Netherlands, Nordics). She brings a
wealth of experience to the role following many years as a repre- of the management team responsible for sales operations for the Bosch
sentative on the PFMA executive committee and chair of the sus- and Sanabelle brands as well as private label products since 2018.
tainability committee, the PFMA states in a press release. Dr Ralf Nuhn left on 1 July after more than 23 years at Bosch.
He was largely responsible for introducing the marketing structure
for the brand in speciality retailers.
Peter Pritchard, previously CEO of the UK pet Dr Franz-Josef Neumann also retired on 1 July after almost 40
store chain Pets at Home, was appointed years in the scientific department. As part of the staff restructuring,
chairman of the administrative board at Italian Steffen Dill has assumed responsibility for the brand business,
pet supplies retailer Arcaplanet on 1 June. The while Martin Kreiselmeyer will take care of sales activities for the
addition of Pritchard to the company’s board private label segment.
is reportedly part of Arcaplanet’s strategic The photo shows (from left): director Gerd Kastler, Martin Kre-
programme and follows the recent appoint- iselmeyer, Reinhold Habel, Steffen Dill, Dr Ralf Nuhn, Dr Franz-Josef
ment of CEO Nicolò Galante and CFO Alessandro Strati. Neumann and the two managing directors Agathe and Wolfgang Heim.

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