ROBERT KNAPP

Retired Senior Vice President Signet Jewelers; Senior Advisor Patina Solutions Mentor Bank

Accomplished senior retail executive, non-profit board director and entrepreneur. Most recently served as Senior Vice President Strategic Integration & Transformation team with Signet Jewelers. Brings more than 30 years of leadership experience in transformation, integration, global sourcing and supply chain optimization. In 2014, launched the Transformation Leadership Team (TLT) concept for Signet driving transformational initiatives to unlock enterprise wide synergy realization. The TLT today serves as a leadership development platform for Signet’s future leaders.

Experienced in building, managing and motivating high performance teams to deliver exceptional results. In 2015, Bob was awarded the prestigious Henry Shaw Founders award recognizing excellence in leadership.

Retired in 2016 from Signet, Bob continues to coach and mentor executives as a senior advisor to Patina Solutions Mentor Bank program. Bob also was past President/Board Chair of The First Tee of Greater Akron and currently is on the board of AG/Cleveland Clinic Board of Trustees. Bob is a graduate of Leadership Akron NEXT and committed to giving back in the community.