Razat Gaurav will take charge of the Ottawa-based developer of supply chain tools next week. He was most recently CEO of Planview, an Austin, Texas-based firm that sells portfolio management tools. Kinaxis’s stock traded up as much as 4.08 per cent on Thursday. (The Logic)

Talking point: Gaurav is the long-sought permanent replacement for John Sicard, who stepped down as Kinaxis CEO at the end of 2024 amid a shareholder activism campaign to sell off the firm. The company, which has 1,900 employees, makes AI-powered tools that corporate giants like Bosch, ExxonMobil and Unilever use to manage and forecast their supply chains. Gaurav previously spent several years as an executive at Blue Yonder, a competitor, with which Kinaxis settled an intellectual property fight last February. Kinaxis reported US$51.2 million in profit on US$403.8 million in revenue for the first nine months of 2025, up 212 per cent and 12 per cent year over year, respectively. Gaurav, whose LinkedIn profile bases him in Austin, “will be spending significant time” in Ottawa, said Vanessa Cohen, Kinaxis vice-president of corporate communications.