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Trulioo Taps GM Zac Cohen As New COO 
November 19, 2019

Global identity verification provider Trulioo is appointing General Manager Zac Cohen as chief operating officer (COO), the company announced in a press release on Tuesday (Nov. 19). As COO, Cohen will oversee Trulioo’s senior leadership team and spearhead the company’s continued global expansion. He will...

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WeWork Could Eliminate A Third Of Workforce
November 18, 2019

WeWork is preparing to cut at least 4,000 jobs in a bid to achieve financial stability. Those layoffs could be announced as early as this week, The New York Times reported on Monday (Nov. 18), citing unnamed sources. The sources said that as many as...

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SoftBank’s WeWork Pursues Head Of T-Mobile For CEO Role
November 11, 2019

WeWork is in talks with T-Mobile CEO John Legere to take over the leadership role after former boss Adam Neumann was forced out, following reports of erratic workplace culture and a failed initial public offering (IPO) attempt, according to a report by The Wall Street...

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Goldman Sachs’ Singapore CEO Tapped By Julius Baer
November 08, 2019

Swiss bank Julius Baer appointed Goldman Sachs’ former Singapore CEO Jason Moo as private banking head for Southeast Asia and branch manager for Singapore, Julius Baer announced in a press release on Friday (Nov. 8). Moo will replace Torsten Linke, who was appointed the head...

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Gap CEO To Exit Amid Sluggish Sales
November 07, 2019

The Chief Executive of apparel company Gap Inc. will step down immediately, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Art Peck is leaving the company and will be temporarily replaced by Robert Fisher, who is the son of the couple that founded the...

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Former Obama Chief Of Staff Tapped To Lead Wells Public Affairs
November 07, 2019

William M. Daley has been appointed Wells Fargo vice chairman of Public Affairs and will begin his new role Nov. 13, the company said in a press release Thursday (Nov. 7). Daley comes from a wide-ranging background in both the public and private sectors and...

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CapOne Security Head Transferred In Wake Of Data Breach
November 07, 2019

Capital One’s chief information security officer (CISO), Michael Johnson, is being transferred to a new position following the bank’s colossal cyberattack in July, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (Nov. 7). Sources told WSJ that Capital One employees were notified that Johnson was being...

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Flywire Taps Former Apple Pay Exec As President, COO
November 05, 2019

A relentless focus on customer experience and simplifying complexity are the defining characteristics of the most valuable companies in the world today. It’s a concept Rob Orgel, now the new president and chief operating officer at Flywire, told Karen Webster was foundational to his decade-long...

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McDonald’s CEO Ousted Over Relationship With Staffer
November 03, 2019

McDonald’s has fired its chief executive officer because of a consensual relationship he had with an employee. The fast food giant announced that its board voted late last week to fire Steve Easterbrook after investigating his relationship with the unnamed employee. Easterbrook, who has been...