Apr 04, 2018

Theo Chocolate

Etienne Patout will become CEO and a board member at Seattle-based Theo Chocolate. Patout comes from Los Angeles, where he was chief marketing officer at Pharmavite, the maker of Nature Made and Mega Foods vitamins and supplements. He also held senior leadership roles at Kellogg and was in marketing at Kraft Foods.

Mercer

Mercer, a global consultant in health, wealth and career, appointed Macaire Pace as West Market CEO in the Seattle office. Pace spent the last 10 years at Willis Towers Watson, where she was managing director and market leader for Metro New York. She also was with Aon Hewitt in San Francisco and New York. Mercer is a subsidiary of professional services firm Marsh & McLennan Cos.

Accell North America

Kent-based Accell North America bought Beeline Bikes, a mobile bike repair business headquartered in the Bay Area of California. ANA plans to expand Beeline in the next 18 months to key metro areas and has franchise openings in all 50 states. ANA is the North American arm of bicycle manufacturer Accell Group N.V., based in the Netherlands.

Apr 03, 2018

Limeade

Davis

Toby Davis was appointed vice president of finance at Bellevue-based employee engagement company Limeade. Davis has 15 years of financial experience with high-growth technology and consumer product companies, including a stint at Boatbound and Avanade, a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft. Limeade uses social recognition software as part of its employee engagement program.

Bedrosians Tile & Stone

Kelly

Diana Kelly is the new COO and president at Anaheim, California-based Bedrosians Tile & Stone. Kelly was regional vice president at Home Depot, where she was in charge of 82 stores across Southern California, Hawaii and Guam. Bedrosians has 41 branches in the U.S., including a Kent branch and an Oregon Tile & Marble showroom in Seattle.

Puget Sound Partnership

Toby Murray was appointed to Puget Sound Partnership's Leadership Council. Murray was president and CEO of forest products company Murray Pacific Corp., and helped develop a habitat conservation plan for the northern spotted owl in 1993. His term on the council runs through June 25. He fills a vacancy left by Sue Taoka, who was nearly finished with her four-year term.

Mar 30, 2018

Lighthouse

The Seattle-based ediscovery and consulting firm Lighthouse bought Forexus, a provider of consulting services and chat processing software based in Zurich. Forexus helps financial institutions build and manage information governance, compliance and ediscovery programs. It will continue to operate out of Switzerland.

Sound Community Bank

Sound Community Bank opened a branch in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood, at 2400 Third Ave. The branch has interactive teller machines in the lobby that allow clients to do business with a live teller. It also has a drive-thru ITM in the building's parking garage. Branch manager is Geoffrey Reiman, former manager of an Umpqua Bank branch in Magnolia.

Washington Federal

In Seattle, Washington Federal appointed Thomas J. Kelley as vice board chairman. Kelley is expected to replace retiring board chairman Roy M. Whitehead at the end of the year. Kelley has been on the board since 2005. He spent most of his career in public accounting, and taught accounting at Seattle University for 10 years.