Ton Roosendaal to step down as Blender chairman and CEO
5 hours ago
- #Open Source
- #Leadership Change
- #Blender
- Ton Roosendaal will step down as Blender chairman and CEO on 1 January 2026.
- Francesco Siddi, current Blender COO, will take over Roosendaal's roles.
- Roosendaal will move to the newly established Blender Foundation supervisory board.
- New board positions include Sergey Sharybin, Dalai Felinto, and Fiona Cohen.
- The transition has been planned since 2019, with Roosendaal expressing confidence in the team.
- A retrospective of Roosendaal's tenure and Blender's growth will be provided later.