Marks & Spencer Group PLC Directorate Change (0883C)
06 February 2020 - 12:22AM
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Marks & Spencer Group PLC
05 February 2020
MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC ANNOUNCES
CHIEF STRATEGY AND TRANSFORMATION DIRECTOR
Katie Bickerstaffe, currently a Non-Executive Director of Marks
and Spencer Group PLC, will be joining the executive team as Chief
Strategy and Transformation Director.
Steve Rowe, CEO, commented, "Katie has been a great help to me
and the wider management team in her role as a non-executive
director and I am delighted that she will now be part of the
executive team. Her experience in leading roles at UK food and
non-food retailers and track record of delivering large-scale
change will be invaluable as we accelerate our transformation."
Katie Bickerstaffe commented, "Marks & Spencer is a
fantastic brand with huge potential. I'm really looking forward to
working with the management team to step-up the pace of the
transformation."
Katie will take up her role on 27th April. She will serve on the
Board and Operating Committee as an Executive Director and will be
working four days a week.
This announcement has been made in accordance with the
requirements of 9.6.11(3) of the UK Listing Rules.
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For more information, please call:
M&S External Communications 0208 718 1919
Notes to editors:
-- Katie was previously Executive Chair of SSE Energy Services,
one of the largest household energy and services providers in Great
Britain. Until April 2018, Katie was Chief Executive, UK and
Ireland of Dixons Carphone plc. She joined Dixons in 2008 and was
appointed to its Board in 2012. Prior to this she worked with many
well-known food retail and consumer companies including Kwik Save,
PepsiCo, Unilever, Dyson and Somerfield where she was Retail MD.
Katie is currently a Non-Executive Director of the England and
Wales Cricket Board.
-- During her time at Dixons she led the transformation of
Dixons' retail estate, e comm and the launch of the 'knowhow'
services business. At SSE she has led the separation of SSE Energy
Services from SSE plc and its subsequent sale to OVO.
-- Katie's role is accountable for developing and overseeing the
delivery of the business's strategic transformation programmes. She
will lead the Strategy team, M&S Bank and Energy teams and
IT.
-- Melanie Smith, the previous Strategy Director, is now CEO of Ocado Retail.
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