PEOPLE NEWS Kingfisher appoints new CEO
as chief executive officer. Thierry will be appointed to the Board as an executive director and will take over from Véronique Laury as chief executive officer.
In what was a rigorous
Following the CEO succession announcement on 20 March, Kingfisher has announced the appointment of Thierry Garnier
recruitment process, Thierry stood out for the Board from a strong list of candidates due to his recognised operational know-how at a multi-national retail business, his delivery of long-term value creation, and his experience in
driving leading edge digital innovation, most recently in China. Thierry Garnier commented: “I am delighted to be joining
Travis perkins sends representative to Malawi for humanitarian project
Travis Perkins Group is supporting key customer Miller Homes with its commitment to Habitat for Humanity Great Britain by sending representative, Gemma Black, inventory manager for BSS, to help build new homes for orphans and vulnerable children in Malawi.
BSS, distributor of pipeline
and heating solutions and part of Travis Perkins, nominated Ms Black to travel to Salima in
Kingfisher at an exciting point of its development. For over 20 years, I have had a great passion for retail, for retail teams, and for understanding and addressing changing customer behaviours. I believe that the home improvement
market provides
great opportunity for us, and by harnessing Kingfisher’s market leading positions and obvious strengths, consistently meeting our customers’ needs, embracing our digital opportunity and driving innovation, I am confident that we can build an even stronger business for our customers, our colleagues and our shareholders.”
Malawi to help build up to three ‘Habitat Homes’ there as part of a trip organised Miller Homes, and Habitat for Humanity GB; a global charity focused on long- term poverty alleviation through affordable social housing. Sales director for Travis Perkins, Mark Newman, in charge of the Group’s Miller Homes partnership, added: “We are proud to support Miller Homes and Habitat for Humanity, I’m confident Gemma will give it her all and I’m positive it will be a life changing experience.”
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An HR professional has relocated from Melbourne to Saltaire to take up a new role at Tong Garden Centre. Neil Barwise joins the team at Tong Garden Centre in the newly created position of head of people and culture. Managing
Vitax area sales manager retires after 37 years
Vitax has announced one of its longest serving area sales managers will retire from his role in July. Julian Goodhand, who has been with the company for 37 years, will officially retire from the firm on 31 July.
1982 and he has built up an enviable
Mr Goodhand joined Vitax reputation with both
colleagues and customers across Avon, Wilts, Hants and Dorset due to his product and industry knowledge and is well-known and respected by his peers.
in
Tong appoints new head of people and culture
director, Mark Farnsworth said: “We are delighted to welcome Neil to the team. His role will be to manage all the day to day HR responsibilities and to develop our biggest asset - our people.”
Mr Barwise is excited about the opportunities that lie ahead, he commented: “I’m looking forward to building a strong culture
to take us forward,
evolving our shared values and purpose to continually engage, develop and motivate our growing team.”
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