Alumni in the News

April 2024: Top 25 headlines

In this month’s top headlines, Vivian Hunt is elected President of Harvard University Board of Overseers; Christian Wojczewski is named CEO of Evotec; Dexter King is named SVP and Global General Manager at Tom Ford Beauty; Holly Briedis joins ServiceNow as SVP, Global Head of Industries; Gonzalo Menendez joins Kavak as General Manager, Argentina; and more.

Longbow Security, founded by alumni Dayne Myers (CEO) (LAN, SVO 88-91, 16-19), Derek Maki (Chief Product Officer) (NYO 16-19), Adam Tyra (DAL 17-19), Brian Kolo (DCO 17-19), and Rhea Naidoo (JOH, SVO 14-18), acquired by Veracode (read more)

Wes Bolsen (SANF, SLVY, CHGO 00-06) named CEO of Imidex (read more)

Alexander Brändle (ZURI 05-10) to join Hotelplan Group in September as Chief Digital & Strategy Officer (read more)

Holly Briedis (MIAM, DALL 14-21) joins ServiceNow as SVP, Global Head of Industries

Grégor Chapelle (BRUS 04-06) named CEO of Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels (read more)

Olga Chashchina's (PARI 14-15) medtech startup Metyos raises €2.3 million in a pre-seed funding round (read more)

Mieke De Schepper (AMST 02-04) named CEO of Sunweb Group (read more)

Wiebe Draijer (NYWT, AMST 89-91, 92-12) elected Chair of Supervisory Board of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (read more)

Sara Ferrero (MILA 96-02) elected to Board of Ferragamo (read more)

Ewuradjoa Gadzanku (LOND 19-24) joins Stanley Capital as a Principal (read more)

Sheila Hooda (CHGO 87-87, 88-89) joins Board of Alera Group (read more)

Vivian Hunt (NYWT, BOST, LOX, LOK, LOND 94-94, 95-22) elected President of Harvard University Board of Overseers for 2024-25 academic year (read more)

Kanika Kalra (MUMF, MUMK 17-24) joins Reckitt Benckiser as Regional Marketing Director, Health for South Asia

Simon Kennedy (WASH, SYDN 06-06, 08-22) elected to Australian Parliament for Electorate of Cook

Kevin Kim (NYWT 15-15, 16-18) joins Doosan Robotics as Chief Strategy Officer (read more)

Dexter King (SUMM 12-13) named SVP and Global General Manager at Tom Ford Beauty; will also join The Estée Lauder Companies' extended executive leadership team (read more)

Christoph Kowitz (FRAN, MNLA 97-02) named CEO of Wacker Chemie AG's U.S. subsidiary, Wacker Chemical Corp. (read more)

Ankita Kumari's (BENG 18-21) cybersecurity startup SydeLabs raises $2.5 million in funding (read more)

Joao Miguel Leandro (NYWT, BUD 01-03) to join Carrefour as Global Head of Financial Services and Chairman of Carrefour Banque & Assurance (read more)

Danielle Mazurek (NYWT 21-22) launches Further Retreats, focused on surfing and yoga, as well as integrative nutrition, holistic living, mindfulness, and health

Gonzalo Menendez (BUEN, LOND 16-21) joins Kavak as General Manager, Argentina (read more— in Spanish)

Cian Murphy (LOND, DUBL 08-10) named CEO of Premier Lotteries Ireland, the country's National Lottery operator (read more)

Heather Nevin (CLEV 93-00) joins CBRE as Senior Managing Director, Mid-Atlantic Investor Services and Maryland market leader (read more)

Ronnie Razmi (SUMM 07-09) publishes new book, "AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors" (read more)

Naiyya Saggi's (MUME 07-09) unicorn company Good Glamm Group announces joint venture with Serena Williams to launch ‘WYN Beauty by Serena’ (read more)

Nitin Seth (XFR, GURU 96-00, 02-10) publishes new book, "Mastering the Data Paradox" (read more

Lumani Shah (MUME 20-24) named a Principal at Venture Catalysts' accelerator and incubator 9Unicorns (read more)

Kenneth Soh (KUAL 17-19) joins PropertyGuru Group as Country Manager, Malaysia (read more)

Kieran West (LOND 09-17) named EVP, Strategy at Elsevier

Christian Wojczewski (FRAN 00-05) named CEO of Evotec, effective July 1 (read more)

 

Obituaries

Sven Bartsch (DUSS 93-97)

John Griffith-Jones (LOND 70-79)

Yoshinori Yokoyama (NYWT, TOKY 75-02)