M&S has seen lot of transformational change in latest intervals and with its turnaround technique having met with nice success, it’s not slowing down on that entrance.
On Thursday it introduced the appointment of Rachel Higham as its new Chief Digital and Know-how Officer and Mark Lemming as Managing Director of Worldwide. That latter appointment comes solely weeks after chairman Archie Norman hinted that the retailer nonetheless has large worldwide ambitions.
Higham is presently Chief Info Officer at big advert company WPP and can be a part of the retailer later this yr, whereas Lemming already works for M&S and has been promoted from his present position as Clothes & Dwelling Provide Chain & Logistics Director. He’ll start his new position within the new monetary yr.
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Each roles are key and the brand new leaders will sit on the agency’s Government Committee.
CEO Stuart Machin, mentioned: “These two new management appointments mirror the significance of Digital and Know-how and capital-light Worldwide development to the following part of our transformation. As I set out at our latest Capital Markets Day, now we have extra to do in each of those areas and a lot alternative. Rachel and Mark are a unbelievable addition to the Government workforce and I’m assured that, with their management, we’ll speed up the tempo of change within the enterprise as we reshape M&S for development.”
