Personnel Change

Sarasota – November 06, 2026 -- Capitol Securities Management has recruited Joe Malave, CFP, a financial services veteran with more than 30 years of experience, as Vice President, Investments. He brings his Sarasota-based practice, Optimal Wealth Management, to the regional brokerage and investment advisory firm.

Malave brings three decades of wirehouse and insurer-affiliated experience

Malave started in financial services in 1994. He has held advisory positions at Raymond James, UBS and NFP Securities. Early in his career, as a registered principal, he helped oversee four Cigna Financial Advisors offices in Southern California. He later served as regional vice president for Allianz, Pacific Life and Transamerica.

Berlin – November 06, 2026 -- Gero Furchheim has been unanimously re-elected president of the German E-Commerce and Mail Order Association (bevh), with bureaucratic overload for small and mid-sized companies named as the top priority of his new term.

Members vote in Brussels at ordinary general meeting

The vote took place at an ordinary members' meeting in Brussels. Furchheim has led bevh as an honorary president since 2014. He has also headed the European umbrella body Ecommerce Europe since January 2025, giving online retailers a voice at EU level.

Deputy Dieter Junghans and four board members confirmed

Dieter Junghans of Pro-Idee was re-elected as one of Furchheim's deputies. The board also confirmed Ulrich Betzold (Arnulf Betzold), Joachim Fauth (Reader's Digest Deutschland / Verlag Das Beste), René Otto (ROCKnSHOP) and Lars Schade.

FOREST HILL, Md. – November 03, 2026 -- The Synthetic Turf Council (STC) named Stratton Kirton, Vice President Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at Liberty Tire Recycling, chairman of its 2026-2027 Board of Directors at its Annual Conference, held October 26-28, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas.

Motz Group's Coleman becomes vice chairman as Woolpert and Schmitz Foam fill finance and secretary roles

Adam Coleman, Vice President of Growth at The Motz Group, is vice chairman. Todd Ford of Woolpert, Inc. is treasurer, and Peter Oksanen of Schmitz Foam Products is secretary. Chip Richardson, President of Sweetwater Construction, is director at large. Michael Gentile, Co-founder and CEO of Firefly Sports Testing, moves to immediate past chairman.

Seven further directors come from Shaw Sports Turf, Sprinturf LLC, Sportworks Design, Covia, Turf & Vine, OxyTurf and The Recreational Group.