Sima Sistani is the CEO of WeightWatchers
Sima Sistani, who stepped down Friday, helped push WW International to embrace weight-loss drugs.
  • WeightWatchers' CEO of roughly two years, Sima Sistani, is out.
  • She helped push the company into the white-hot weight-loss drug space.
  • Its interim chief said the company was in a critical period of transformation.

It's been a bumpy year for WW International, the company also known as WeightWatchers.

In a leadership shake-up Friday, the weight-loss company announced CEO Sima Sistani is stepping down after roughly two years — effective immediately — and the board member Tara Comonte is stepping up to serve as interim chief.