David Peckinpaugh, Maritz Holdings' new president and CEO
Meetings and incentive industry veteran David Peckinpaugh has been named president and CEO of Maritz Holdings, effective
Jan. 1.
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video discussion with Maritz's new president & CEO David Peckinpaugh.
Peckinpaugh currently serves as president of Maritz Global
Events, one of Maritz Holdings’ core
business units, and will retain that position, along with new duties that include guiding the company’s overall business strategy and ensuring performance
and operational excellence across the Maritz portfolio.
He succeeds Steve
Maritz, who has served as CEO and chairman of his
family’s company for nearly 25 years, and will now become executive chairman of
Maritz Holdings, which includes two additional units, Maritz Motivation and
Maritz Automotive.
The executive leadership change marks a shift for the
company, which had previously been managed at the top level by the Maritz family.
Steve and sons Ted, Willie and Jack will remain active
shareholders and members of the company’s board of directors.
In announcing the move, Steve Maritz said, “I’ve been proud
to be a steward of this great company for 25 years. It was here a long time
before me, and it will be here a long time after me. I believe it’s my
responsibility to leave Maritz better than it was when I took over, and I think
I’ve done that.”
He added, “David has proven himself to be an incredible
leader. He delivers results. He builds a great culture. He’s a strong operator
and well respected — both internally and externally.”
According Peckinaugh, “Maritz is an incredible company that
has reinvented itself and persevered to weather every single storm it's faced,
and there is nothing but opportunity on the horizon. We’ve led the
markets we serve for years — automotive, events, employee recognition, loyalty
and incentives markets — and we will continue to outpace our competition with
solutions designed and delivered using the latest in behavioral science, design
thinking and data-driven insights.”
The rest of the company’s executive leadership team
— Rick Ramos, CFO and co-president, Maritz
Motivation; Steve Gallant,
general counsel and co-president, Maritz Motivation; and Jeff Kellstrom,
president of Maritz Automotive — will remain intact.