Groupon appoints Jiri Ponrt as CFO, shares rise

Groupon

13/04/2023 17:43

(Updates)
    ** Shares of daily deals platform Groupon Inc  GRPN.O  rise 2.6% to $3.81
    ** Company appoints Jiri Ponrt as CFO; he joins from Pale Fire Capital, a private equity
investment group
    ** Ponrt to succeed Damien Schmitz who was interim finance chief, after Melissa Thomas
stepped down from her CFO role in Nov. 2021
    ** Last month, GRPN announced Kedar Deshpande stepped down as CEO; named Dusan Senkypl as
interim CEO
    ** Stock has fallen over 56% so far in 2023

 (Reporting by Anne Florentyna Gnanaraja Sekar in Bengaluru)
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