The smooth transition at the European e-commerce champion proceeds according to plan, with Roy Perticucci officially taking over as the new Chief Executive and a member of the Management Board of Allegro on September 1.

As Roy himself said when announcing the news on LinkedIn, “I’ll want to further heighten our focus on clients (be they consumers or merchants) to build an ever stronger marketplace in the heart of Europe.”

Welcome, Roy! #It’sgoodtobehere

Mr. Perticucci has over 20 years of experience leading retail and ecommerce businesses internationally, as well as a track record of building organisations. He led the European Operations/Customer Fulfillment at Amazon between 2013-2020 and for a short time simultaneously held the same responsibility for North America. Previously, he held senior roles at other large retailers including Ahold (Albert.nl), Dixon’s and Tesco across Europe. As Development Director and later Operations Director at Tesco.com, Mr. Perticucci oversaw the development of the world’s largest Grocery Homeshopping business during its period of rapid growth. His contributions included the launch of the company’s first “dark store" and the Wine Warehouse as well as the Tesco.net ISP. He began his career as a software developer at Accenture in Milan, and later as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in Munich.