Respect Your Universe, Inc., the training and fitness brand with roots in MMA, appointed Jameel Vaghela as chief financial officer. Vaghela will be replacing Jim Nowodworski as CFO.
Vaghela holds a Master of Professional Accounting and a Chartered Accountant designation and has an extensive background in finance, accountancy, corporate taxation and financial markets. Vaghela's previous roles include Big 4 assurance and advisory experiences at KPMG and PwC where he gained an understanding of the retail apparel sector. Most recently he was responsible for all financial activities related to G4S's aviation screening contract with the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority.
Vaghela stated, “As a fitness enthusiast, I am very excited to be part of the innovative, high quality and fast growing Respect Your Universe brand. I am also very excited to work together with industry heavy-hitters such Marcello Leone and Manfred Vollmer.”
Marcello Leone, RYU's CEO, President and Chairman, stated, “We are excited to have Jameel join our entrepreneurial team. His recent experiences are a solid fit for RYU as we implement our retail roll-out and growth strategy.”
