About People Inclusion & Diversity Social Responsibility Press Investors Leadership People Leadership People Blog Careers We’re committed to cultivating an empathetic global community where commerce, innovation and brand loyalty thrive through inclusion and diversity. The character of a world-class city comprises many ethnicities, places of origin, interests and worldviews. As Groupon operates in cities all over the world, we recognize the importance of building a strong internal and external culture that promotes opportunity for engagement and support across cultural lines. Aaron Cooper Interim CEO Aaron Cooper has served as our Interim Chief Executive Officer since April 2020. During his Groupon tenure, he served as president of North America, chief marketing officer, head of Global Travel, head of North America Goods and head of North America Services. Prior to joining Groupon, Aaron held a variety of marketing and leadership positions at Orbitz and optionsXpress after consulting roles at AEG Partners, AOL and Price Waterhouse Management Consultants. Jill Balis Chief Marketing Officer Jill Balis joined Groupon in January 2021 and serves as Chief Marketing Officer. Jill oversees the company’s global marketing channels and functions and is responsible for developing an integrated brand strategy to improve the Groupon value proposition for customers and merchants. Previously, Jill was chief marketing officer at The Grommet, senior vice president of marketing at PillPack, and senior vice president of marketing at RetailMeNot. Jill also spent nearly seven years at Orbitz Worldwide in a variety of marketing leadership roles. Dane Drobny Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary Dane Drobny has served as our Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since July 2014. Dane oversees Groupon’s entire global human resources and legal functions, which includes commercial, corporate security, employment and compliance, government affairs, immigration, information security, intellectual property, litigation, privacy, regulatory reporting and risk. Prior to joining Groupon, he was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Sears Holdings Corporation and he spent 17 years at the international law firm of Winston & Strawn LLP, most recently as a partner. Brian Fields Chief Commercial Officer Brian Fields has served as our Chief Commercial Officer since January 2021. Brian oversees Groupon’s North America Sales, Vertical Strategy, Product Operations and Merchant Marketing teams and is responsible for delivering the ideal merchant experience. Brian most recently served as chief operating officer at Oak Point Partners, and prior to that spent nearly eight years at Groupon in a variety of leadership roles including vice president and general manager of Local and vice president of Corporate Development and Strategy. Prior to Groupon, Brian held positions at the Tribune Company and Booz Allen Hamilton. Simon Goodall Chief Revenue Officer Simon Goodall has served as our Chief Revenue Officer since January 2021 and is responsible for driving overall global P&L delivery. During his Groupon tenure, he has also served as chief commercial officer, vice president of North America Marketing, vice president of Retail, vice president and general manager of National Brands and vice president and general manager of Travel. Prior to joining Groupon, Simon held a variety of leadership roles at World Travel Holdings and has also held positions at startups including Living.com and OneCore Financial Network. Claudine Kourkoumelis Chief People Officer Claudine Kourkoumelis has served as our Chief People Officer since May 2020. Prior to this role, she served as Groupon’s Vice President of Global Human Resources and Human Resources Senior Director. Before joining Groupon, Claudine spent nine years at Sears Holdings Corporation in a variety of leadership roles, most recently as Senior Director, HR Business Partner for Home Services. Damien Schmitz Interim Chief Financial Officer Damien Schmitz serves as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Groupon. Damien joined Groupon in 2012 and has served in a number of Finance leadership roles, including Vice President, Finance, leading Global Commercial Finance, Chief Financial Officer, International and Senior Director, FP&A. Before joining Groupon, he held consulting roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers and 3M. Barbara Weisz Senior Vice President, International Sales & Global Operations Barbara Weisz has served as Groupon’s Senior Vice President and Head of Global Operations since December 2018. Barbara oversees the company’s operational functions everywhere we do business in addition to our sales functions in International. She joined Groupon in January 2010 as part of the European founding team and has held a number of operations leadership roles during her tenure. Prior to joining Groupon, Weisz spent nine years at eBay in a variety of marketing roles. Management Spotlight Jennifer Beugelmans Chief Communications Officer Jennifer Beugelmans serves as our Chief Communications Officer. In this role, she is responsible for Groupon’s investor relations, corporate communications and community initiatives functions. Prior to her role at Groupon, Jennifer served as the vice president of investor relations at Etsy, Inc. where she was responsible for establishing a successful investor relations program following the company’s initial public offering in 2015. Jennifer has held leadership roles at New York City-based Joele Frank, Pure Communications and EVC Group. Judi Brenstein Vice President, Global Support Groups & Vendor Management Judi has a wealth of practical knowledge and hands-on experience gained from more than 30 years of working for and with major organizations on a global scale. Prior to joining Groupon, Judi was Vice President of COPC Inc., Groupon’s CX Consulting partner. She has been based from London and the Americas and worked with clients such as Microsoft, Zappos, Scholastic, Teleperformance, Texas A&M University, Apple, Beachbody, PODS, HP, Lenovo, Monster.com, and many more. Primarily Judi has worked in contact center assessments and improvement, process reengineering, change management., and business process outsourcing and contact center start-ups, shut-downs or conolisations globally. Judi holds an MBA from Houston Baptist University and a B.S. in Communications from Oral Roberts University. She lives with her extended family in Austin, Texas USA. Carrie Holtkamp Creative Director Carrie Holtkamp joined Groupon in January 2020 as Creative Director and Writer in the company’s internal marketing agency. Carrie brings a wealth of Brand, Shopper/Retail Marketing, Digital and Video expertise having led creative teams on both the agency and client side. Prior to joining Groupon, Carrie held creative leadership positions at Discover Financial, WPP’s The Food Group, FCB Global and Arc, a Leo Burnett company. Dagmara Owczarska Vice President, Global SSC Operations Dagmara took her first professional steps in the marketing departments of the global FMCG companies (Reckitt Benckiser, Unilever, Tchibo) in early 2000s and after graduation she got involved in building an e-commerce start-up in the Silicon Valley. When returned to Poland – Dagmara gained experience in operations. Initially, she managed the sales support teams at Netia (a telecom company) and in 2012 joined Groupon, where she was running the entire operational part of the business (customer service, merchant services and editorial) successfully optimizing departments work and increasing their efficiency. In 2014 Dagmara started building and then managing Groupon Shared Services Poland sites located in Warsaw and Katowice, extending her scope by another 2 locations in India in early 2018 (Chennai and Bangalore). In 2019 she took over responsibility of 5 Groupon’s Shared Service Centers (Poland, India and Spain) and she’s now Vice President of Global Shared Services Operations. Dagmara is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and the management program ‘Emerging Leader Development’ on Columbia Business School. She is also a certified COPC Registered Coordinator to the COPC CSP Standard and COPC Customer Experience Professional. Yemi Akisanya Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Yemi Akisanya is Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) at Groupon. In this role, he is responsible for building Groupon’s DEI global strategy focused on creating short and long-term plans to help build a more diverse, equitable and inclusive culture for Groupon’s Merchants, Customers and Teammates. Lorna Jones VP, Global HRIS & HR Operations /strong> Lorna Jones is the VP of HRIS & HR Operations at Groupon. 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