DAVIDsTEA Inc. announced the appointment of Anne Darche and Susan L. Burkman to its board of directors, upon the recommendation of the corporate governance and nominating committee of the board. DAVIDsTEA also announced that the board of directors has appointed Peter Robinson and Susan L. Burkman as members of the audit committee of the board of directors. Mr. Robinson was until recently CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation.

The board of directors also appointed Anne Darche and Emilia Di Raddo as members of the human resources and compensation committee of the board of directors. DAVIDsTEA also announced the appointment of three new Vice-Presidents, namely, Nathalie Binda, Vice-President, Marketing &E-Commerce, Martin Hillcoat, Vice-President, Supply Chain, and Alana Lapierre, Vice-President, Human Resources, and the return of Sarah Segal as Vice-President, Product Development &Innovation, a position Ms. Segal held prior to the recent annual meeting of shareholders. They join April Sabral, Vice-President, Retail Sales &Operations, Nathalie Pelchat, Vice-President, Merchandising, and Dominique Choquette, Vice-President, IT, on DAVIDsTEA's management team, reporting to Herschel Segal, Executive Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer.

DAVIDsTEA announced that Howard Tafler, chief financial officer, has tendered his resignation in order to accept a position in another industry. The Board of Directors has appointed Joe Bongiorno, director of finance of DAVIDsTEA, as interim chief financial officer and has commissioned the human resources and compensation committee to initiate the process of finding a new chief financial officer.