Talabat, a leading food delivery and q-commerce platform, announced the stepping down of the organisation’s Chief Operating Officer Toon Gyssels and his move to its long-standing partner Kitopi, the cloud kitchen platform.
In a series of moves, Jérémy Doutté and Tareq Barto have been appointed to Talabat’s C-suite, while Tatiana Rahal will take the reins of the organisation’s UAE market.
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Change at the top
Gyssels has been instrumental in transforming Talabat’s operations and expansion success over the last four and a half years. He built a truly world-class team from 200 people to well over 3,500 people.
He guided the organisation’s expansion from food delivery to include q-commerce with Talabat mart, flowers, pharmaceuticals, and other non-food verticals. He also oversaw the development of the Talabat’s rider fleet, where the organisation moved away from a marketplace model (fleet managed by restaurants) to a full-service model, providing delivery through dedicated logistics partners.
Doutté, who is currently heading up Talabat’s UAE business as Vice President, will take on a regional leadership role, overseeing Talabat’s nine markets as Chief Business Officer. At the same time, Barto, who works for Talabat’s parent company, Delivery Hero SE in Berlin, as the Vice President of International Markets, will move to Dubai to oversee Talabat’s core operations as Chief Operations Officer.
Rahal has also been appointed as Managing Director of Talabat UAE, after two years as MD of Talabat Oman, where she accelerated and grew the organisation.
