Michael Romanko
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Chief Customer and Product Officer
Michael Romanko joined Petco’s executive leadership team as Chief Customer and Product Officer in February 2025.
Michael is a proven retail executive with more than 30 years of retail industry experience and a track record for product development, branding, sourcing and value creation. He has held executive-level roles across the c-suite for leading consumer brands. As Petco’s Chief Customer and Product Officer, he oversees marketing, product development global sourcing and owned brands.
Prior to joining Petco, Michael was the Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer at Five Below, Inc., a role he held for a decade.
At Five Below, he oversaw merchandising strategy and operations — including product development — as the Company grew to over $3.5 billion in sales from approximately $500 million.
Michael also served as Chief Design Officer for Patriarch Partners, LLC, where he was responsible for merchandise line building and sourcing as well as design for 75 businesses. In addition, he has held senior merchandising and product development roles at Fortunoff, Lenox, Linens N Things and Toys R Us.
Updated February 2025
