Zalando SE announced that David Schröder has been with Zalando for nine years, and successfully developed and scaled Zalando's operations. He will join the Management Board as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and take on responsibility for finance and operations. Jim Freeman, currently Senior Vice President Engineering, joined Zalando in April 2018 from Amazon, where he was responsible for launching, growing, and scaling Prime Video and for launching communication experiences for Alexa and Echo devices.

He will join the Management Board as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), assuming responsibility for Zalando's product and technology strategy and execution. To reach its goals, Zalando will adapt the responsibility of its three Co-CEOs and extend the Management Board to five members as of April 1, 2019. David Schneider (Co-CEO) will continue to work closely with brand partners and lead Zalando's fashion offer.

Robert Gentz (Co-CEO) will take on marketing and sales, and continue to be responsible for human resources. Rubin Ritter (Co-CEO) will assume responsibility for strategy.