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Personnel
The Belgian pet supplies retailer Tom & Co. The packaging company Coveris, which is based
appears to be serious in its intention to be- in Vienna, has appointed Jörg Schuschnig
come one of the leading European players in (photo) as its chief financial officer with imme-
pet retailing. It has been reported that the diate effect. He succeeds Markus Petersen, who
company has brought another top manager is leaving the company at his own request.
onto its board of directors with Jesper Hojer,
the former boss of Lidl International. This Schuschnig graduated in business adminis-
spring, Tom & Co. acquired a new partner in Belgian investor Ver- tration from the Vienna University of Economics
linvest, which now has over half of the shares in the company. Tom and Business before completing studies in financial management at
& Co. should thus have an adequate war chest with which to im- the Business School St. Gallen. He has over 20 years’ experience in
plement its proposed expansion plans quickly. The speciality chain various managerial roles, mainly in the packaging sector, with refer-
aims to increase its number of stores to 250 by 2026, according ences including corporate groups such as Mondi and Mayr-Melnhof.
to recent reports by Belgian media outlets (as reported in PET Schuschnig’s most recent appointments were as CFO and COO of inter-
worldwide). national office experts Bene and as CEO of the owner holding company.
Zooplus has a new managing director. Geof- The US-based company Pet Honesty offers premium pet health
froy Lefebvre (photo) has been appointed products and is a portfolio company of Vestar Capital Partners.
successor to Dr Cornelius Patt with effect Now the company has announced that Steve Chopp has joined
from 31 October. The new CEO of Europe’s the firm as chief financial officer. Chopp brings more than 20 years
leading online pet supplies retailer previously of experience in leadership roles at high-growth health and nutrition
spent eleven years in various roles with the companies. Most recently, he served as CFO and COO for Bragg Live
Swiss luxury goods group Richmond. He was Food Products, the number one brand of apple cider vinegar, where he
latterly CEO of Milan-based Yoox Net-a-Porter, an online retailer oversaw the finance, supply chain and technology functions.
specialising in luxury fashion brands. Before that, Frenchman Lefe-
bvre worked for management consultancy McKinsey & Co. JRS Petcare, an interna-
tional supplier of environ-
On 1 October, Christian Pfeil mentally friendly pet litter,
(left in the picture) took on has restructured following
the newly created role of the departure of Michael
European key account di- Bodfeld. Patrick Köble
rector at Royal Canin. In (photo), its long-standing
this position he is respon- head of sales in the German-speaking countries, has assumed
sible for Royal Canin’s col- operational leadership of the company together with Silvia Erbrich
laboration with key accounts across Europe. Pfeil had served as (photo), head of marketing and a newcomer to JRS. The duo with
pet speciality retail director for speciality retailers in the German- international responsibility for sales and marketing will report to
speaking countries since 2018. Elmar Schmid, managing director of JRS Petcare. Plans are in hand
The incoming pet speciality retail director who succeeded Pfeil for developing the division successfully by strengthening marketing
on 1 October is Renke Schierhold (right). Schierhold was previously in Germany and neighbouring European countries through a variety
national key account manager and head of key account in the pet of measures. Köble commented: “We will continue the successful
speciality retail team under Pfeil. During his tenure he deepened development of the last few years.”
the working relationship with key accounts in Germany, Austria Erbrich has a wealth of experience in the branded goods industry,
and Switzerland. where she filled a number of marketing roles. Her previous appoint-
ments include positions with the companies Odenwald/Andros,
Hassia Mineralquellen and VMH/Rosbacher.
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