Regis Corporation, the leading player in the salon hair care busines, has appointed Virginia Gambale to its board of directors, effective March 1, 2018. Gambale fills the open board seat created by the departure of Stephen Watson who decided not to stand for re-election.


"I am delighted to have Virginia join the Regis board of directors. She has extensive expertise in the area of transformative business technology, and we look forward to her thought leadership in the service business and technology platform arenas," said David Williams, chairman, Regis. "Virginia is an impressive, creative executive who will help facilitate Regis' strategic transformation through the use of technology to enhance our customer experience and the capabilities we provide to our growing portfolio of franchisees. Given her background with technology-driven service and consumer oriented companies, I am confident that she will be an immediate contributor to help shape our technology roadmap and vision."


Gambale founded Azimuth Partners LLC in 2003 and is currently its managing partner. In this role, Gambale operates globally and focuses on growth and innovation strategies for technology and technology driven services companies. Gambale has served on over 20 public and private boards and currently serves as a Director for JetBlue, First Derivatives and the Chicago Trading Company.