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DIRTEA appoint former Huel COO Grant Coetzee as CEO

DIRTEA, the market-leading functional mushroom brand, is proud to announce Grant Coetzee as its new CEO.

DIRTEA, the leading functional mushroom brand online and the UK’s no.1 Mushroom Extract Powder, Coffee, Matcha, and Super Blend products, welcomes Grant Coetzee to its team as its new CEO, supporting the strategic growth and global development of the business.

A seasoned leader with extensive expertise in building global brands, consumer businesses, and high-performing teams, Grant joins DIRTEA after five years as COO at Huel, where he was instrumental in helping scale the business x16 fold, from £9m to £144m.

With a proven track record of driving organisational growth and international expansion in the consumer goods space, Coetzee’s appointment marks a significant moment for DIRTEA. As CEO Coetzee will collaborate with DIRTEA founders Simon and Andrew Salter, concentrating on scaling the business, catalysing global growth, fostering innovation, and enhancing DIRTEA’s market-leading presence, to steer the brand towards even greater heights. Commenting on his appointment, Coetzee states, “I am delighted to join DIRTEA, a mission-led rocket ship, aimed at enhancing the world’s global wellbeing through the power of mushrooms. I have a passion for overall health and fitness, aiming to improve life quality for people. DIRTEA is a fantastic gateway for people to do that, using the functional properties of mushrooms to transform lives. Andrew, Simon, and the DIRTEA gang have done an incredible job in building a really cool science-backed lifestyle brand. I see huge potential in our mission to globally address the true potentials and health benefits of our DIRTEA mushrooms.”

“Grant is an exceptional leader and a veteran executive in driving growth, and we’re excited to welcome him to DIRTEA during a period of remarkable expansion for our business,” says Andrew Salter, DIRTEA Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer. “As the demand for functional mushrooms continues to grow globally, Grant’s proven track record positions him perfectly to propel the DIRTEA brand whilst enhancing our connections with our loyal community.”

Successful in creating one of the world’s fastest-growing wellness brands and communities, as well as showcasing the power of functional mushrooms on a large scale, DIRTEA is renowned for its best-selling, high-quality product range. Including dual-extract mushroom powders and super blends which are derived solely from the fruiting bodies of scientifically researched functional mushrooms, the DIRTEA range offers a wide variety of health and wellness benefits including improved focus, calm, immunity, and energy.

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Leaseweb Appoints Richard Copeland As CEO of Its U.S. Business

Leaseweb Global, a leading hosting and cloud services company, today announced the appointment of Richard Copeland as chief executive officer of Leaseweb USA, effective today. Copeland succeeds Lex Boost, who served as CEO since 2016 and is departing the company.

Copeland, who joined Leaseweb USA in 2013, has played a pivotal role in driving the company’s sales growth, market share and customer satisfaction in the U.S. He most recently served as Leaseweb USA’s Director of Sales and developed the sales organization from the ground up into a multi-discipline team comprising of account management, inside sales, business development, customer success, sales support, pre-sales engineering, and contract management. Copeland has also been instrumental in the company’s growth initiatives, including its acquisition of Servint in 2018.

“Richard is an exceptional leader who has deep knowledge of our business and has built an impressive career understanding and meeting the unique needs of customers,” said Con Zwinkels, founder and CEO of Leaseweb Global. “The U.S. market, where we now have nine data centre locations, remains an integral part of Leaseweb’s global strategy and mission, and we look forward to seeing Richard take our U.S. business to its next level of growth.”

Copeland has over 25 years of experience working in the information technology and services industry. Prior to joining Leaseweb USA, he spent ten years at Verizon Business where he held various sales leadership and account management roles. Earlier in his career, he worked for a printed circuit board company where he was responsible for process engineering, production management and customer technical support. Copeland received a Bachler of Science degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

“What differentiates Leaseweb from other hosting providers is its partnership approach with customers and ability to deliver innovative, reliable and customizable solutions that align with their business objectives,” said Copeland. “With the global strength of Leaseweb’s portfolio and a strong local leadership team in place, I am eager to build upon our success and reinforce our position as a trusted partner to entrepreneurs, SMBs and enterprises in the U.S.”

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Vungle appoints Jeremy Bondy as CEO

Vungle, a leading mobile ad and in-app monetisation platform, announced the appointment of Jeremy Bondy as CEO. Bondy, previously Vungle’s COO, succeeds Rick Tallman, who moves to the role of strategic advisor for Vungle.

Tallman joined the company as COO in 2015 and was appointed CEO in 2017. Under Tallman’s vision and leadership, Vungle has experienced substantial growth and is positioned as a leading player in the in-app mobile marketing space. He steered the company through its 2019 successful acquisition by Blackstone, as well as its recent purchase of machine-learning-based marketing optimisation pioneer, AlgoLift.

Bondy, who joined Vungle in 2014, has held a number of senior sales and operational roles at the company, most recently as COO. During his tenure, Bondy has been responsible for setting up and scaling Vungle’s global commercial organisation, establishing seasoned and tenured teams in Berlin, London, Beijing, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo, New York and Los Angeles.

“For many years, Jeremy has been a key contributor to Vungle’s success, and it is my honour to pass over the reins to him,” said Rick Tallman, outgoing CEO at Vungle. “His work spearheading the company’s global expansion, together with his unmatched understanding of Vungle’s business, customers, people and culture, make him the ideal person to lead the company into its next chapter.”

“I am honoured to assume the role of CEO. Vungle has many exciting future growth opportunities, and I look forward to guiding our world-class team in creating the industry’s leading suite of tools to help mobile app developers maximise the value of their businesses,” said Jeremy Bondy, Vungle’s new CEO. “On behalf of the entire Vungle organisation, I want to express my gratitude to Rick for his invaluable contributions to the company’s historical success and, personally, for his mentorship in preparing me for this role. I look forward to his continued partnership with the company and wish him all the best.”