{"id":16002,"date":"2025-02-04T11:58:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T11:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/?p=16002"},"modified":"2025-02-04T11:58:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T11:58:26","slug":"reconomy-names-amazons-zahid-new-re-use-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/reconomy-names-amazons-zahid-new-re-use-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconomy names Amazon&#8217;s Zahid new Re-use CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UK-based circular economy specialist Reconomy has named long-term\u00a0Amazon\u00a0fashion business exec <strong>Rakhshan Zahid<\/strong> as chief executive of its Re-use loop, effective immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She will lead the division, made up of Advanced Supply Chain and ReBound, which offers \u201cintelligent platforms and circular logistics through technology-led supply chain, logistics and fulfilment solutions\u201d.&nbsp;<br><br>With a career spanning e-commerce and financial services, Zahid \u201cbrings extensive expertise in driving strategic growth, operational excellence and innovation\u201d, Reconomy said, adding: \u201cHer passion for fostering inclusive and collaborative workplaces aligns well with Reconomy\u2019s values\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 10 years at Amazon, she\u2019s held leadership roles in fashion and marketplace businesses, most recently leading the fashion accessories business across Europe.\u00a0<br><br>She succeeds <strong>Claire Webb<\/strong> who will continue in the business throughout this transition as executive chair, having been CEO and MD of Advanced Supply Chain for five years, leading the business through its acquisition by Reconomy in 2021.<br><br>Since her appointment as Re-use executive chair, Webb &#8220;has played a crucial role in the growth and success of Reconomy\u2019s Re-use loop, including bringing together the leadership teams of ReBound and Advanced Supply Chain to facilitate closer collaboration, realise operational synergies and establish a market-leading global end-to-end returns offer&#8221;. She also led the business to open a facility in Nettetal, Germany to become a European superhub for returns and established the business\u2019\u00a0<em>Retail Ready<\/em>\u00a0service in Europe.<br>\u00a0<br>The Re-use businesses have also collaborated across Reconomy to develop its textile EPR solution to help brands and retailers comply with emerging regulations being introduced internationally. Webb now plans to pursue non-executive board-level opportunities.<br>\u00a0<br><strong>Guy Wakeley<\/strong>, chief executive at\u00a0Reconomy,\u00a0said: \u201c[Our] Re-use loop is one of our key divisions and counts many of the most successful, fast-growing retailers and e-commerce brands as customers. Rakhshan\u2026 brings an impressive track record and considerable experience of significantly scaling retail businesses, which will prove invaluable as we embark on the next phase of growth for Re-use.\u00a0 <strong>Jelle Schoenmaker<\/strong> continues as MD of ReBound and <strong>Ben Balfour<\/strong> continues to lead Advanced Supply Chain, also as MD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK-based circular economy specialist Reconomy has named long-term\u00a0Amazon\u00a0fashion business exec Rakhshan Zahid as chief executive of its Re-use loop, effective immediately. She will lead the division, made up of Advanced Supply Chain and ReBound, which offers \u201cintelligent platforms and circular logistics through technology-led supply chain, logistics and fulfilment solutions\u201d.&nbsp; With a career spanning e-commerce and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[1240],"class_list":{"0":"post-16002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corrugated-folding-carton","8":"tag-reconomy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16004,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16002\/revisions\/16004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}