Kewill announces four new appointments


Kewill, a supply chain software provider, has announced the addition of four new executives in the areas of finance, legal, IT, and product management.  

Joining Kewill are Jon Harston as chief financial officer, Joy Burkholder Meier as executive vice president of legal and human resources, Scott Brown as executive vice president of support and cloud services and Lee Payne as vice president of product strategy. 

Harston is expected to oversee the administrative, financial, and risk management operations of the company as well as the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve company assets and report accurate financial results. He comes to Kewill from aquilaheywood, where he served as group finance director. Prior to that he was EMEA finance director at CSG International.   

Joy Burkholder Meier is expected to focus on driving Kewill’s talent programs. She comes to Kewill from Corvisa, where she served as general counsel. She has also served as general counsel at Evite, BuySeasons and API Healthcare and previously she spent more than 10 years in the supply chain sector working for RedPrairie and JDA.   

Brown is expected to focus on Kewill’s cloud/hosting business as well as global support services and internal IT operations. Brown has held leadership positions at International Business Systems, MacromatiX, RedPrairie, Home Discovery and Hanco.    

According to the announcement, Payne was brought on board to guide the overall vision and strategy of the Kewill MOVE platform. Payne has held a variety of key positions in the supply chain industry, most recently serving as vice president of strategic value at Supply Chain Solutions.   

Kewill CEO Doug Braun“Jon, Joy, Scott and Lee are fantastic additions to the Kewill family and will make a lasting impact across our business.”Adding, “All four are renowned for having a tireless work ethic and taking an innovative approach to their respective areas of expertise.”  

Source: Kewill