Glovo appoints Shiro Theuri as Chief Technology Officer following stint as Senior Director of Engineering

Spain-based multi-category delivery app Glovo has announced the appointment of Shiro Theuri as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Since 2022, she has held the position of Senior Director of Engineering.

Before her move from Nairobi, Kenya to Barcelona, Spain to join the company, Theuri held senior engineering roles across a range of startups and small businesses in Kenya, including as VP of Engineering of the end-to-end fulfilment platform Sendy, and CTO of the mobile campaign messaging service FrontlineSMS. 

In her new role as CTO, she is responsible for leading the development of new solutions that optimise the user experience for all of Glovo’s stakeholders across the 23 markets where the platform is available. .

Oscar Pierre, Co-founder and CEO at Glovo, says: “Since joining Glovo in 2022, Shiro has proven herself as an ambitious, hands-on and skilled leader guiding her teams to success.”

“She is driven to build a culture based on ambition, discipline and high standards while giving tons of trust and empowerment to the top talent in her team.”

“Passionate for innovation, she creates a unique vision that will enable Glovo to continue its successful growth. This appointment as CTO reflects her depth of experience and exceptional leadership, and I’m excited to continue working closely with her to build the largest online marketplace across the more than 1,500 cities where we operate.”

Theuri says: “I am thrilled to get the opportunity to play a key role at Glovo, and use my position to lead and drive innovation within the organisation.”

“My main goals will be to keep delivering excellence in our customer experience while building the best tech and data strategies to scale our platform in all our markets.”

“As a passionate mentor for others, I’m also excited to use my role to empower more women and support diversity in technology while building the best technology team in Europe.”

2024 RTIH INNOVATION AWARDS

Diversity in retail technology is a key focus area for the sixth edition of the RTIH Innovation Awards, which is now open for entries.

The awards, sponsored by CADS, 3D Cloud, Retail Technology Show 2025, and Business France, celebrate global tech innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.

It’s free to enter and you can do so across multiple categories.

Key 2024 dates

Friday, 25th October: Award entry deadline 

Tuesday, 29th October: 2024 shortlist revealed

30th October-6th November: Judging days

Thursday, 21st November: Winners announced at the 2024 RTIH Innovation Awards ceremony, to be held at RIBA’s 66 Portland Place HQ in Central London.