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North American Management Changes
North American Management Changes.
About this update from Rentokil Initial Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nRentokil Initial appoints Brad Paulsen as CEO, North America Region\n \nRentokil Initial plc (LON: RTO, NYSE: RTO) (\"the Company\"), a global leader in Pest Control and Hygiene & Wellbeing services, announces the appointment of Brad Paulsen as CEO of its North America Region. Brad will join Rentokil Initial in December and will be a member of the Company's Executive Leadership Team. He will report to Andy Ransom, CEO. \n \n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\nBrad is currently the CEO for Rexel USA, a leading distributor of electrical parts, services and solutions with over 450 US branches and $7 billion in annual sales.\n \n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\nHe joined Rexel USA from HD Supply, where he served as the Chief Operating Officer for one of the United States' largest MRO (maintenance, repair, and operating products') distributors. Prior to his time at HD Supply, he spent over nine years at The Home Depot serving in various merchandising leadership roles.\n \n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\nBrad attended The United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. Additionally, he holds a Master of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University.\n \n\n\n\n\n●\n\n\nBrad has served as a Non-Executive Director for Dot Family Holdings, the largest food industry redistributor in North America, for the past two years.\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Company is also delighted to announce the appointment of Will Lin as Vice President - Performance and Digital Marketing, North America. Will is a highly-experienced digital marketeer with a strong data and analytics background. He has joined recently from Simplilearn (a global learning platform for digital skills), where he was Chief Marketing Officer. Previous experience includes roles at Rent.com (a Redfin company), VRBO (an Expedia company), Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard.\n \nAndy Ransom, CEO of Rentokil Initial plc, commented:\n \n\"Brad has gained significant leadership experience from his years at Rexel, HD Supply and Home Depot, across a mix of multi-site retail and route-based service organisations. We have a significant opportunity for growth and value creation as we integrate Terminix in North America and Brad brings a proven track record of successful delivery. We're delighted to welcome him at this exciting time for the Company.\"...