date:Jul 25, 2014
f for Walmart.com last month and the promotion of Canadian CEO Shelley Broader to a job overseeing Europe, the Middle East and sub-Saharan African in May.
Last month, Wal-Mart also named board member Greg Penner to the new role of vice chairman, putting him in position to be a successor to Chairman Rob Walton. Penner, 44, is Waltons son-in-law and has served on the board since 2008.
Simon, who ran the US operation since June 2010, first joined Wal-Mart in 2006 from Brinker International Inc.,