Who’s on the move: March 18, 2024

Walmart Canada

Walmart Canada has made changes to its leadership team, including those responsible for supply chain and operations. John Bayliss has been promoted to chief operations officer, leading an expanded portfolio that includes store operations, supply chain, format and real estate development. Most recently, he was chief administration officer. Matt Kelly has been promoted to vice-president, supply chain. He was previously vice-president, supply chain transformation, where he was responsible for leading Walmart Canada’s supply chain infrastructure program. Joe Schrauder has been appointed vice-president, head of store operations. He was previously vice-president, operations and chief of staff to the CEO, leading the project management office and had responsibility for the central operations, and the future store operating teams. Before joining Walmart Canada in 2023, he held the role of vice-president, international operations and realty, Walmart International. He has spent his career with Walmart, beginning in-store and dedicating over 20 years to Walmart U.S. and international operations.

Generix Group

Generix Group has appointed Raphaël Sanchez as president. Sanchez, who has been the chief revenue officer since April 2023, succeeds Aïda Collette-Sène, who remains a shareholder. Sanchez previously worked at IBM France in the Data and BI domains, eventually heading IBM Software Group France sales and later IBM Global Technology Infrastructure Services France. In 2020, he led the separation of the services entity in France with the creation of Kyndryl.

DSV

On February 1, 2024, DSV‘s group COO and vice-CEO Jens Lund assumed the position of group CEO of DSV A/S. Jens Bjørn Andersen stepped down after more than 15 years in charge of the DSV Group. Brian Ejsing has been appointed new group COO of DSV A/S and joins the executive board. Ejsing started his career at DSV as a freight forwarder in 1986 and has held senior managerial roles in several countries and in the road and solutions divisions. He has been CEO, DSV Solutions, and part of the group executive committee since 2012.