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John English
Retail Trust, the only charity that looks after
the needs of all three million people working
in retail, has announced the appointment of
John English as fundraising and marketing
director.
John joins Retail Trust after two years as head of regional fundraising
at Macmillan Cancer Support, and brings a wealth of
retail experience to the role having previously served as head
of retail at BAA, Stansted Airport. John’s career also includes
managerial roles at Hammerson, IKEA, Asda and Lidl.
Neil Ashworth
CollectPlus, the modern day alternative to the
Post Office for parcel delivery and returns,
is pleased to announce that Neil Ashworth is
joining the company on 11 February as chief
executive officer. Neil succeeds Mark Lewis, who is leaving to
join The John Lewis Partnership.
Neil Ashworth’s career has included senior logistics and consumer
roles at Woolworths and Tesco, where he was instrumental
in launching Tesco Direct, including its Click & Collect
service.
Craig Doyle
Skrill has appointed Craig Doyle as SVP of sales
and marketing. Craig brings over 10 years’
experience from within the payments industry
and will be using this strategic knowledge
to help Skrill continue to grow on a global scale. Craig spent
almost a decade in various different roles at Ingenico. Most
recently he was managing director of the northern European
region, VP of marketing and solutions for Europe and an executive
committee member.
Phillip Blundell
Phillip Blundell, former CEO of digital banking
software company Intelligent Environments,
has joined digital redemption leaders Eagle
Eye as commercial and finance director. In
this newly created role, Phill will be responsible for driving
forward the commercial growth and focus of the business, and
expansion into new countries. He has also been appointed a
main board director, joining the likes of ex-Tesco CEO Sir Terry
Leahy and Simon Burke, to agree and lead the sales strategy.
Andrew Mann
The Co-operative has announced the appointment
of Andrew Mann, currently director
of insight and loyalty at Sainsbury’s, who will
take up the newly created role of customer
director, reporting directly to Steve Murrells, who took over
the reins of The Co-operative Food last July.
Andrew will bring a wealth of customer experience and expertise
to the role, having led brands in Cadbury, Schweppes, Coca
Cola and Centrica and held marketing Ddrector positions in
Tesco including Clubcard and strategy and innovation.
Sean Toal
Under the Co-operative’s new structure,
Sean Toal, chief operating officer, will lead
the stores, service delivery and supply chain
teams, and two new executive roles service
delivery director and supply chain director have been announced
to support him in this role.
Cheryl Marshall takes up the role of service delivery director,
moving across from her group role in charge of the unity
programme. And Mark Hale, who was director of food IS and
supply chain, becomes supply chain director.
Neal Austin
Neal Austin, Morrisons group logistics and
supply chain director, has been appointed
to the supervisory board of GS1 UK, the
not-for-profit global supply chain standards
organisation. Bringing extensive retail experience to the role –
from supply chain and logistics, to buying and store development
– Neal’s addition to the supervisory board underlines the
commitment of GS1 UK to work “outside in” with industry to
deliver first class solutions that serve its members’ needs.
Robin Terrell
Tesco has appointed House of Fraser’s Robin
Terrell as its multi-channel director. The retail
giant also promoted chief operating officer
Chris Bush to UK managing director.
Terrell joined House of Fraser in 2010, having previously held
senior roles at John Lewis, Figleaves and Amazon. House of
Fraser has reshuffled its board in the wake of Terrell’s exit to
Tesco. Its director of e-commerce, Andy Harding, will fill Terrell’s
shoes as executive director for multi-channel.