20th April 2021
BJâs Wholesale Club has confirmed that its interim Chief Executive will take up the role on a permanent basis.
Bob Eddy joined the warehouse club retailer in 2007 and was named Interim CEO in April last year following the unexpected death of Lee Delaney. He has now been appointed as President and CEO, assuming day-to-day leadership of the company and joining its board.
Laura Felice, currently Senior Vice President, Controller, has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and replaces Eddy in this role.
The retailer also announced several additional appointments to further strengthen its management team. Paul Cichocki, currently Executive Vice President, Membership, Analytics and Business Transformation, has been named Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, and will oversee merchandising, membership, marketing and analytics.
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UPDATE: April 20, 2021: BJ s Wholesale Club has named Bob Eddy as president and CEO, who will join the company s board of directors. Eddy has been filling the top slot since the untimely death of Lee Delaney earlier this month. Laura Felice, who joined BJ s in 2016 and most recently served as senior vice president and controller, has filled Eddy s former role as chief financial officer.
The club retailer also made two other executive appointments. Paul Cichocki, BJ s executive vice president of membership, analytics and business transformation, has been named chief commercial officer and will oversee merchandising, membership and analytics. Bill Werner, senior vice president of strategic planning and investor relations, has been named executive vice president of strategy and development and will lead BJ s market expansion as well as strategic initiatives aimed at boosting value for members and shareholders.
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Dive Brief:
Lee Delaney, president and CEO of BJ s Wholesale Club, passed away unexpectedly last week due to presumed natural causes, the company announced Friday. He was 49.
Bob Eddy, the company s chief administrative and financial officer, has assumed the top role on an interim basis. Lee was a brilliant and humble leader who cared deeply for his colleagues, his family and his community, Christopher Baldwin, BJ s former CEO and executive chairman of its board of directors, said in a statement. We extend our most heartfelt condolences and sympathy to his family, especially his wife and two children.
Dive Insight:
Delaney, who joined BJ s as chief growth officer in 2016 and became CEO last February, had charted a long-term growth trajectory for the wholesale club, and by all accounts had successfully steered the company through a challenging pandemic period.
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