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Beyond Meat said its Chief Financial Officer, Mark Nelson, will retire on May 5, 2021, after more than 5 years at the plant-based meat company.

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Beyond Meat CFO Announces His Retirement

Chief of Consumer Banking at Goldman Sachs, Omer Ismail, is leaving the company to join a fintech venture headed by Walmart.

Goldman Executives Leave Wall Street to Join Walmart Venture. Image Source: Shutterstock.

Goldman Executives Leave Wall Street to Join Walmart Venture

In his new role at Microsoft, Hou will oversee strategy, as well as sales and operation for the company in the Greater China region. 

Former Qualcomm SVP will take over as chairman and CEO of Microsoft's Greater China Region. Courtesy of Microsoft.

Yang Hou

Microsoft Appoints New Chairman and CEO of Greater China Region

Meet the team behind Fintech company, Brigit, a personal finance application that helps its users manage their budgets. 

Brigit co-founders: Zuben Mathews (left) and Hamel Kothari (right). Image Source: Brigit

Brigit Founders

This is the Team Behind Brigit, the Fintech Trying to Build a Brighter Financial Future for Americans

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) has named JP Morgan Chase executive, Thasunda Brown Duckett, as its new CEO, effective May 1st.

Thasunda Brown Duckett Named TIAA's New CEO. Image Source: PRNewswire.

Thasunda Brown Duckett

TIAA Names Wall Street’s Most-Prominent Black Executives as CEO

This week, GM found a new sustainability chief, Marriott filled its vacant CEO post, Moderna's medical chief announced his departure, and Amazon lost another exec named Jeff.

Laysha Ward. Image credit: PRNewsfoto/United Airlines.

Laysha Ward

The 10 Most Important Executive Moves This Week

With a net worth of around $190 billion, Jeff Bezos is the richest man alive. But what companies does he own?

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos laughs at a discussion at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in December 2020. Editorial credit: Christos S / Shutterstock.com

Jeff Bezos

What Companies Does Jeff Bezos Own?

The biotech firm has swiftly switched gears to a commercial operation in the past few months as it ramps up its COVID-19 vaccination efforts. 

Moderna says they expect to produce up to 700 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of 2021. Editorial credit: Lutsenko_Oleksandr / Shutterstock.com

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Moderna CMO To Leave Amid COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout 

AT&T has promoted Jason Porter as the new leader of the telecom’s Public Sector and FirstNet teams.

Jason Porter

AT&T Finds New Public Sector & FirstNet Leader

27-year-old Margaret Zhang is the new editor in chief at Vogue China. Born to immigrant parents in Sydney, Australia, Zhang will be the youngest EIC at Vogue. She will be replacing Angelica Cheung, who has been with the magazine for 16 years. 


27-year-old Margaret Zhang is the new Editor in Chief of Vogue China. Image Source: Shutterstock.

Margaret Zhang

27-year-old Margaret Zhang is the New Editor in Chief of Vogue China

General Motors (GM) announced that its first-ever sustainability chief, Dane Parker, has decided to retire effective May 1, 2021, and will be replaced by Kristen Siemen.

GM’s next VP of Sustainable Workplaces and Chief Sustainability Officer, Kristen Siemen. Image credit: General Motors

Kristen Siemen

GM Names New Sustainability Chief Amid EV Push

Ahrens will be taking over for current CFO Jon Campagna, who is stepping down after Virgin Galactic fully transitions from a private company to a public one. 


The aerospace and travel company hopes to be commercially operational sometime in 2021. Courtesy of Virgin Galactic. 

Doug Ahrens

Virgin Galactic Announces New Chief Financial Officer

ByteDance is moving the CEO of their Chinese news platform, Zhu Wenjia, to Singapore where he will lead global research and development for TikTok.

Zhu Wenjia Will Lead Global Research and Development for Tik Tok. Image Source: Shutterstock.

Tik Tok

Zhu Wenjia Will Lead Global Research and Development for TikTok

Flipkart is India's largest VC-backed tech exit to date. Its legacy can be compared to the famous Paypal Mafia, a group of formal PayPal employees in the early 2000s who later launched tech companies such as Tesla, Linkedin, and Youtube. 

Editorial credit: Burdun Iliya / Shutterstock.com

Flipkart

Inside the Flipkart Mafia - Five Companies Founded by Former Employees of India's Biggest Tech Startup

Today, Metromile announced it has a new leader for its growing legal team with the addition of Junna Ro as General Counsel.

Metromile's new General Counsel Junna Ro. Courtesy of Metromile

Junna Ro

Metromile Recruits Diversity and Inclusion Champion as General Counsel

United Airlines has added Laysha Ward to its Board of Directors as the company recovers from the impact of COVID-19. 

United Airlines Adds External Engagement Expert to Its Board

Audi’s Supervisory Board has named Oliver Hoffmann as its new Chief Development Officer. Hoffman replaces Markus Duesmann who will still hold multiple positions at the company, effective March 1st.

Oliver Hoffmann will be Audi’s new CDO. Image Source: Audi.

Oliver Hoffman

Oliver Hoffmann will be Audi’s new CDO

Through exclusive org chart data, The Org identified 613 executive moves in the NFL in January and February, around half of which were in the front office. Here are seven that could have huge impacts not just for their new teams, but for the NFL as a whole.

Detroit Lions General Manager Brad Holmes at his introductory press conference. Courtesy of detroitlions.com. 

Brad Holmes 

The Seven Biggest Front Office Moves of the 2021 NFL Hiring Frenzy

GameStop, the video game retailer at the center of a recent stock market trading frenzy, has announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Jim Bell, will step down on March 26, 2021.

Jim Bell

GameStop's CFO Resigns After Its Meme-Fueled Trading Frenzy

In times where connectivity, complexity, and accelerated transformation are the new business normal, companies are also facing a growing talent problem. The Org identified five companies in Latin America that are pioneers in the sector and are successfully shaping LatAm’s staff on demand market by facilitating access to the correct pool of candidates and jobs. 

Time Jobs is a Chilean startup created exclusively for part-time job offers. Image Source: Time Jobs.