Wahanda expands its executive team

Beauty and spa online marketplace Wahanda has announced that is welcomes a new chairman and a new chief commercial officer. The web company has appointed Klaus Nyengaard (left), formerly the chief executive of Justeat, and Chris Wood (right), previously the managing director at Toptable, to the respective roles.

Wahanda’s founder and chief executive, Lopo Champalimaud, said he was excited about the new additions to the executive team. “Both have proved to offer dynamic, creative, forward-thinking approach to the digital sector and have the ability to add real value to health and beauty businesses,” he said.

The role of chief commercial officer is a new one in the Wahanda executive team, and both Wood and Nyengaard come from strong background in developing digital consumer brands. Nyengaard has been credited with making Justeat the global brand it is today, and Wahanda has admitted that international expansion is on the radar.