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•  Smart & Final announced that Scott Drew, the company's COO, has been named president of the company.  Dave Hirz, current president and CEO, has been with Smart & Final for almost 12 years and is retiring effective February 1, 2022.



•  The Financial Times reports that "former Tesco boss Sir Dave Lewis is set to become chair of GlaxoSmithKline’s new consumer health division, which is about to be spun-off from its parent company.

"The division, which makes roughly £10bn of annual sales, will formally announce the pick of Lewis as the company’s non-executive chair on Monday, according to people familiar with the matter."



•  DoorDash announced that Kofi Amoo-Gottfried, the company's director of marketing, has been promoted to the newly created role of Chief Marketing Officer.