ntic leader who has developed excellent relationships with members and their teams.” Outgoing CEO Chris Wilesmith’s resignation was recently confirmed by the company stating that with his family home based in Australia, Wilesmith had been facing ongoing uncertainty in his ability to base himself in the New Zealand office due to the pandemic. According to Mitre 10, Wilesmith fine-tuned the business’ long-term strategy, built strength within the executive leadership team and droe efficiency and productivity across the co-operative. Carsome appoints new CEO Southeast Asia’s largest integrated car e-commerce platform Carsome has named Mei Han as the new CEO of Carsome Certified, the business-to-consumer arm of Carsome’s offerings. Han, who spent the last 10 years working for the automotive industry, will focus on integrating and elevating consumer experience, both online and offline. Eric Cheng, Carsome co-founder and group CEO, said Han’s appointment is crucial in the business’ vision of expanding the business in Southeast Asia. “Mei Han’s new role will act as a further catalyst of Carsome’s growth sprint this year,” Cheng said. “I am confident that his vast experience will give us a more holistic view of consumer demands in the new norm, on top of strengthening our leadership team to drive regional growth.”  Carsome also named Yuan Li Yu as Carsome Certified director of Operations and Alan Cheah as general manager of Carsome Certified Malaysia. Fashion retailer Dafiti’s co-founders to step down from their roles It has just been announced that the co-founders of Latin American fashion online retailer Dafiti, Philipp Povel and Malte Huffmann are stepping down from their respective roles as company CEO and managing director. Sergio Silvestre, the company’s chief financial officer, will step up as interim CEO until a permanent appointment is made. “My co-founder Malte and I announced our intention to step down from our roles and transition to a new generation of leaders in 2Q 21,” Povel said. “We are moving on for personal reasons as we would like to dedicate more time to our families and to new projects.” Dafiti, which is owned by Global Fashion Group, was launched by Povel and Huffmann in 2011. According to Povel, when he and Huffman launched the brand, they did not expect it to become one of the largest fashion online retailers in Latin America. “I am humbled by this experience and feel privileged to have led this company along my dear colleagues at Dafiti. The last 10 years have been the most remarkable of my professional life and I will be forever thankful for this opportunity,” he said. Prior to launching Dafiti, Povel was the co-founder and CEO of MyBrands, while Huffmann held a marketing role at Zalando.