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Dan Appell

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CFO & Chief Strategy Officer at Worldwide Golf Shops
📍 Santa Ana, California, United States

Dan Appell is the CFO and Chief Strategy Officer for Worldwide Golf Shops, where he focuses on driving profitable growth. A Wharton MBA graduate, he applies his deep expertise from McKinseys transformation group to enhance commercial effectiveness, recently leading an initiative to modernize the companys payment systems.

Dan has a strong interest in international business and consumer behavior, demonstrated by his participation in a Wharton course on marketing in China and a study abroad program in Spain. His career path shows a passion for applying strategic insights to global consumer brands, from high fashion to sporting goods.

Unique fact: While at John Varvatos, he managed the brands strategic partnerships and licensing, including the successful collaboration with HBOs "Game of Thrones".

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
CFO & Chief Strategy Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Santa Ana, California, United States
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Unified Commerce
He is leading efforts to modernize and unify payment processes across nearly 100 physical stores and e-commerce channels to enhance customer experience.
Retail Transformation
His career is focused on delivering rapid performance improvement and leading large-scale commercial transformations for consumer and retail companies.
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Career

Work history

3-2023
CFO & Chief Strategy Officer
Worldwide Golf Shops
12-2022 - 3-2023
Senior Vice President (Associate Partner)
McKinsey & Company
3-2020 - 12-2022
Vice President (Engagement Manager)
McKinsey & Company
9-2019 - 3-2020
Senior Director of Strategy, Planning and Licensing
John Varvatos Enterprises
5-2017 - 9-2019
Senior Director of Business Strategy & Product Licensing
John Varvatos Enterprises
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Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
The Wharton School
BBA
Emory University - Goizueta Business School
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