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New Sam’s Club CEO has global experience, got an early start in retail

Chris Nicholas, incoming Sam’s Club CEO

Chris Nicholas began working in retail at the age of 14, pricing goods and working in back rooms. The stage will get much bigger on Sept. 11 when he steps into the top job at Sam’s Club.

He will leave behind his role as chief operating officer for Walmart U.S., a position he held since October 2021. Nicholas joined Walmart in 2018 and worked for the first three years as the chief financial officer for Walmart International. Then he worked in the U.S. business before Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner tapped him for an operational role as the No. 2 executive for U.S. stores.

“I fell in love with retail very early because I felt we could always make a difference in retail. I grew up in an environment where no one had much money,” Nicholas said a year ago in an episode of “The Huddle” with Furner. “I have worked in retail in nine different countries. I have run businesses, I have been the CFO for different businesses, whether that’s in Europe, in the U.S., or over in Australia, and there is something that’s really common about retail which is that the customers will tell you what they want.”

https://talkbusiness.net/2023/08/new-sams-club-ceo-has-global-experience-got-an-early-start-in-retail/

Harris named next CEO of Winthrop Rockefeller Institute

by Talk Business & Politics staff (staff2@talkbusiness.net)

After a nationwide search, the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute Board of Directors decided to keep it local and have named Janet Harris as Institute executive director/CEO. Harris, now the Institute’s chief strategy officer, will begin in the new role on April 1.

Harris has worked at the Institute since 2016, first as director of programs, followed by a promotion to chief programs and marketing officer in 2018, before being promoted again to chief strategy officer. She succeeds Dr. Marta Loyd who retires March 31.

https://talkbusiness.net/2022/03/harris-named-next-ceo-of-winthrop-rockefeller-institute/

Heifer International President, CEO Announces Retirement

COURTESY / HEIFER INTERNATIONAL

By DANIEL CARUTH

Pierre Ferrari, President and CEO of Arkansas-based Heifer International, announced he will step down in September. Ferrari has led the global development organization for the past 12 years.

https://www.kuaf.com/post/heifer-international-president-ceo-announces-retirement