Torg co-founder Rita Kerbaj takes on Chief of Staff role at online grocery firm Rohlik Group

Rita Kerbaj has joined European e-grocery specialist Rohlik Group as Chief of Staff. She was previously Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Torg, an AI sourcing platform where retail and wholesale buyers find and connect with food and beverage manufacturers.

In a LinkedIn post, she said: “After more than a decade leading marketplaces, most recently building Torg, where I saw first hand how hard tech adoption can be for retailers, I was looking for three things in my next chapter: a founder with conviction, ambition, and pace; a product customers truly love; a business re-defining its category.”

She added: “With Tomáš Čupr and Rohlik Group, I found all three. Rohlik is Europe's most customer centric, AI first retailer. It's one of the rare scale-ups that's still a fast paced startup at its core, where ambition is consistently matched by execution. I’m excited to work closely with Tom and the leadership team, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to scale Europe’s e-grocery leader, as it continues to redefine convenience through technology.”

RTIH AI in Retail Awards

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