Marketplace Movers & Shakers in August 2026

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Who is where now? The personnel carousel of the Marketplace Universe has been moving merrily along in August. We help you keep up with the Movers & Shakers of our dynamic industry.

Our Movers & Shakers Top picks in AUGUST

Jan Bechler, Tim Nedden and Björn Sjut will step down from the management team in spring 2027, remaining on as founding partners and shareholders.Sabine Juenger will become Europe CEO of Front Row (formerly Finc3) as of January 1, 2027.

Björn Seitner got promoted at Breuninger and became Head of Marketplaces.

Vanessa Smickt was promoted to Director Digital Business at Marc O’Polo.

Christine Alber rose the ranks to Senior Marketplace Manager at Kapten & Son.

Tim Meiswinkel steps up to Manager Marketplaces at Tom Tailor, capping nine years with the company.

More Movers & Shakers in AUGUSt

Eimante Baksiene joined Bison Commerce as Head of Merchandise, previously Head of E-Commerce at Royal Denta.

Ferdinando Berni Canani is now Business Development Manager at Temu, previously Senior Category Manager at AliExpress.

Manuela Bohm left Amazon to bring her expertise to Retarus as Technical Product Manager Business Process Solutions (Cloud-EDI, E-Invoice, IDP).

Congratulations to Chris Cook, promoted to Head of Marketplaces at World of Books.

Lotte Cras was promoted to DTC Lead Benelux & Nordics at PepsiCo, moving up from E-Commerce Manager Benelux.

Renée Donker is now Growth Manager Benelux at Armedangels, previously at Yoek.

And Rene’e Hemmy left Modibodi behind for a new role as Marketplace Trade Manager at Oroton Group.

At Groupe SEB, Patrick Imiela has been promoted to Key Account Manager Otto 3P.

Josephine Marie Klein moves up to Senior Marketplace Manager at Cura Cosmetic Group.

David Mirzaei got promoted to Senior Director Revenue at byrd.

Tim Meiswinkel steps up to Manager Marketplaces at Tom Tailor, capping nine years with the company.

Barbara Mellaro trades Fruugo.com for a new role as Senior Sales Consultant at Temu UK.

Manuel Müller is moving on from Grammer AG to take up a role as Consultant Projekte Omnichannel at Lidl International.

After 17 years at Hansgrohe, Freek Wiesenhaan is heading to Dutch piping manufacturer Orbia as Director BU West Europe.

Jörn Nikolay steps down as Chairman; Vice Chairman Pietro Supino steps in on an interim basis.

Valentina Ockenfels joined Weleda as Digital Key Account Manager E-Commerce from adidas.

Jaqueline (Ickert) Pfeiffer left Gorenje and joined Fakir-Hausgeräte as Head of E-Commerce Europe.

Alberto Sanz de Lama takes over as CEO, succeeding Christoph Tonini, who departs end of December.

Giulia Scarpa moved from Brave Kid to De’Longhi as Marketplace & B2B Expert.

And at Turkish marketplace N11, Ömer Cem Siphanie takes on the role of Baby & Kids Category Supervisor.

Changes at C-level at Swiss Marketplace Group: Alberto Sanz de Lama takes over as CEO, succeeding Christoph Tonini, who departs end of December. Jörn Nikolay steps down as Chairman; Vice Chairman Pietro Supino steps in on an interim basis.

Sabine Wiesmüller, PhD has joined the Founders Foresight Panel as an Advisory Board Member.

Joanna Townsend left Shein and recently joined Skechers as Category Lead.

Well-deserved for Britt Vancampenhoudt, promoted to B2B & Retail Media Manager at INNO.

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