Dunelm Group plc Appointment of Non-Executive Director (6224L)
14 January 2021 - 6:00PM
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Dunelm Group plc
14 January 2021
14 January 2021
Dunelm Group plc ("Dunelm")
Appointment of Arja Taaveniku as a Non-Executive Director
Dunelm, the UK's leading homewares retailer, is pleased to
announce the appointment of Arja Taaveniku as a Non-Executive
Director. Arja will join the Board on 15 February 2021 and will be
a member of the Audit and Risk, Remuneration and Nominations
committees.
Arja is an experienced business leader, having spent over 30
years in leadership positions with a number of international retail
organisations. She was with Ikea Group between 1989 and 2012,
including seven years as a Global Business Director. Between 2012
and 2015 she was CEO of Ikano Group, a privately owned
international business that develops, owns and manages companies in
consumer banking, insurance, residential and shopping centres, as
well as being a franchisee of IKEA stores. From 2015 to 2018 Arja
was on the Group Executive for Kingfisher PLC, acting as CEO of its
subsidiary, Kingfisher International Products Limited.
Arja is Chair of the board at Svenska Handelsfastigheter AB, and
holds Non-Executive Director positions at Nobia Group,
Handelsbanken and Mekonomen Group.
Chairman of Dunelm, Andy Harrison said:
"I am delighted to welcome Arja to our Board. She brings a
breadth of knowledge from international home retail businesses,
with specific expertise in the strategic and operational
development of customer value propositions and product range
development, alongside environmental, social and governance (ESG)
initiatives. This experience will be particularly helpful as we
continue to accelerate growth across our total retail system."
No further disclosures are required under LR 9.6.14 with respect
to this appointment, and together with her 'persons closely
associated' Arja currently has no beneficial interests in the
Company's ordinary shares of one pence each.
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For further information please contact:
Dunelm Group plc investorrelations@dunelm.com
Nick Wilkinson, Chief Executive Officer
Laura Carr, Chief Financial Officer
MHP Communications 07709 496 125
Simon Hockridge / Rachel Mann / Pete Lambie dunelm@mhpc.com
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