Zalando brings on Amazon veteran to accelerate B2B

Zalando aims to become the technological backbone of the European fashion retail industry. To realize this ambition, the e-commerce platform has brought on Tom Christenson as its new B2B CEO. He is tasked with better aligning the group’s logistics and software services and accelerating growth.

One platform for B2B

Tom Christenson has been Senior Vice President of B2B at Zalando since October 15. He reports directly to co-CEO David Schröder and will lead the further expansion of the business services division. Last year, that division already grew to generate more than 1 billion euros in revenue, with over 1,200 affiliated merchants.