Thomas Kienzi named CFO at Showroomprivé

Showroomprivé, a European player in online flash sales has appointed Thomas Kienzi as Chief Financial Officer, following the forthcoming departure of Nicolas Woussen in the next few weeks.

“We are very pleased with the appointment of Thomas. It acknowledges the success of his journey within Showroomprivé. As CFO, he will bring us his extensive knowledge of the financial challenges that our society, our investors and our strategy are facing,” said Thierry Petit and David Dayan, co-Founders and co-CEOs of Showroomprivé in press statement.

The company said, Kienzi arrived in 2015 to support Showroomprivé’s listing on the stock exchange and M&A operations and was appointed deputy chief financial officer a year ago. The company added that he was instrumental in structuring the group's financial division, as well as during the acquisition and integration of Saldi Privati and Beauté Privée and more recently, during the merger with the Steinhoff group and its subsidiary Conforama.

Kienzi was earlier executive director within the American bank Morgan Stanley, which he joined in 2008 after having worked at the Crédit Agricole CIB and the Deutsche Bank in Paris and London. He graduated from EDHEC, and spent over 12 years in investment banking before joining Showroomprivé, advising companies in France and abroad on M&A, stock market listing, capital increase and financing operations.

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