Alibaba's (BABA) Lazada Appoints Pierre Poignant as New CEO

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA - Free Report) appointed Pierre Poignant as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of its Southeast-Asian e-commerce holding company, Lazada. Poignant will succeed Lucy Peng, one of Alibaba’s co-founders, nine months after her appointment as CEO.

Poignant is also one of Lazada’s co-founders and was previously responsible for expanding the company’s logistics footprint, administering customer service and managing supply chain functions. He was appointed Lazada’s group executive president in August 2018.

Alibaba currently owns 91% of Lazada after the e-commerce juggernaut invested an extra $2 billion in Lazada Group in March, per Reuters.

Coming to price performance, Alibaba’s shares have lost 12.1% on a year-to-date basis against the industry’s rally of 2.5%.

 

Changing Leadership at Alibaba & Lazard

Alibaba witnessed significant changes in its leadership in 2018.

In September, founder of this Chinese online retail giant, Jack Ma announced that he will step down as chairman in 2019 to “focus on philanthropy and education”, passing on the leadership to Daniel Zhang.

Peng was appointed as the CEO of Lazard in early 2018, replacing Maximilian Bittner. During her tenure, Alibaba and Lazard introduced a remarkable feature, which enables customers to snap any object using the app. Thereafter, the picture instantly displays information about the product and similar products along with their prices.

Alibaba Group Holding Limited Price and Consensus

 

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