Five Below Appoints Lastinger as Chief Retail Officer
Five Below appointed Rodney Lastinger as Chief Retail Officer and Christos Yatrakis as Chief Legal Officer. Lastinger will be responsible for leading the operational performance of the company's network of nearly 2,000 stores and will join Five Below on June 22. Yatrakis will oversee the company's legal function and joined on June 15. Both executives will report to Kenneth Bull, COO. Lastinger most recently served as COO at GNC, where he directed operations across more than 2,200 franchise and corporate stores nationwide. Prior to GNC, Lastinger served as President, Retail, at Conn's Home Plus. Earlier in his career, Lastinger spent 18 years at Target Corporation, progressing through roles of increasing responsibility to Senior Vice President, Stores. Yatrakis most recently, he served as Chief People & Legal Officer at Allbirds. Prior to Allbirds, Yatrakis held senior legal and operational roles at Gymshark USA, including General Manager, North America, and at Arrow Electronics, where he served as Vice President, Legal Affairs.
