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•  Walmart announced that it has hired Dr. Cheryl Pegus as Walmart’s Executive Vice President, Health & Wellness.  

Pegus joins Walmart from Cambia Health Solutions, where she was President of Consumer Health Solutions and Chief Medical Officer, responsible for clinical and consumer strategy to increase access to affordable, equitable care.


•  Customer data science pioneer dunnhumby announced the appointment of Grant Steadman to President of North America.

The announcement notes that Steadman has held a number of leadership roles since joining dunnhumby, most recently as Senior Vice President, Head of Client Services for North America.  Before that, he was President and CEO of dunnhumby Norway.

Steadman succeeds  Jose Gomes, who leaves dunnhumby to join Google Cloud as Managing Director of U.S. Retail Industry Sales.