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Ashford Hospitality Trust Announces Leadership Transition as Veteran CEO Steps Down

by | Apr 19, 2024
Stephen Zsigray, Ashford's current SVP of corporate finance and strategy, is set to lead Ashford Hospitality Trust into a new era following Rob Hays’ departure.
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Keurig Dr Pepper Appoints Veteran CPG Exec as COO, Says He’ll Assume CEO Role in Q2 2024
by | Sep 22, 2023
The company, with headquarters in Frisco and Burlington, Massachusetts, said Tim Cofer will join KDP on Nov. 6 and will work alongside current Chairman and CEO Bob Gamgort while in a COO capacity, with a planned transition to CEO in the second quarter of 2024.

After the transition, Gamgort will become executive chairman of Keurig Dr Pepper.
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Plano’s European Wax Center Announces New CEO Under Succession Plan, Creates New C-Suite Role
by | Aug 11, 2023
David Willis will succeed David Berg as CEO on Sept. 30. Under Willis' leadership, European Wax Center moved from Florida to Plano's Granite Park in 2019 and guided the company through a successful IPO in 2021.
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Trailblazing Female CEO’s Retirement Marks New Chapter for Historic Metals Company
by | Jul 10, 2023
In a planned succession, Commercial Metals Co. CEO Barbara Smith will pass the reins to Peter Matt in September. The transition is a significant milestone for the Irving-based Fortune 500 company, which can trace its origins back to a single Dallas scrap yard in 1915.
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Sabre Corp. Announces Next CEO as Part of its Ongoing Succession Plan

by | Mar 1, 2023
Currently, Kurt Ekert is president of Sabre. He'll take up his new post as CEO on April 27, following current CEO Sean Menke's transition to become solely chairman of the board. Ekert has also been nominated as a director for election at Sabre's 2023 annual meeting, to be held on April 26. Sabre said the moves are being made as part of its ongoing succession planning.
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Lincoln Property Co. Announces New Co-CEOs, Major Investment
by | Feb 6, 2023
Dallas-based Lincoln Property Company Commercial has announced the appointment of "a new generation of executive leadership" along with a major investment by funds managed by Stone Point Capital as part of Lincoln's international growth and succession plan. David Binswanger and Clay Duvall will serve as co-CEOs, succeeding Lincoln Property founder and Chairman Mack Pogue and CEO and President Bill Duvall—both of whom will continue to have an ownership stake in Lincoln.
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New CEO Takes Command at Dallas-based Jacobs
by | Jan 24, 2023

Bob Pragada took the reins of leadership Tuesday as CEO of Dallas-based Jacobs, one of the largest professional services companies in the world. 

Following its leadership succession plan announced in September, Pragada also is expected to join the company’s board of directors upon certification of the results of its annual meeting....

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