WeightWatchers, now known as WW International, Inc., has successfully completed its strategic reorganization process and relisted as a public company on NASDAQ under the ticker WW. The company has significantly enhanced its financial flexibility and is accelerating its transformation with key leadership and product milestones.
Dr. Kim Boyd has been appointed as the Chief Medical Officer to lead the company’s clinical vision, program development, and the integration of emerging science into innovative, holistic solutions for members. This appointment comes as WeightWatchers aims to expand its reach into women’s health and address the gap in healthcare by launching a new program to support women through perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause. The offering will deliver tailored nutritional and behavioral strategies with access to specialized clinical care, coaching, and community to meet the distinct metabolic health needs of women during this critical life stage.
The company has also appointed Uta Knablein as the Chief Product Officer to lead product strategy across the company’s expanding weight health platform. Additionally, WeightWatchers has expanded its leadership team with executives who have deep expertise across healthcare, consumer subscription, research and insights, content, brand strategy, and operations.
As part of the reorganization, a new board of directors has been appointed to guide the company through its next phase of growth. The newly appointed directors bring deep experience across healthcare, AI-powered consumer platforms, brand transformation, and capital markets.
WeightWatchers aims to combine the best tools of modern medicine with science-backed lifestyle change and the power of community to deliver better outcomes. The company believes that everyone deserves access to comprehensive care for sustainable weight health to live healthier, longer lives.
These strategic moves and appointments reflect WeightWatchers’ focus on building a world-class leadership team to execute its strategic priorities and scale its integrated model for long-term impact. As a result of these announcements, the company's shares have moved -0.25% on the market, and are now trading at a price of $39.90. For the full picture, make sure to review WW INTERNATIONAL, INC.'s 8-K report.