Shirine Khoury-Haq has been appointed as interim chief executive at the Co-operative Group.
Khoury-Haq is group CFO and CEO of Co-op Life Services, and takes over the group CEO role from Steve Murrells, who will step down following the company AGM in May.
Allan Leighton, Co-op chair, said: “Shirine has excellent leadership skills and a deep level of operational experience, gained globally across a number of sectors. She understands our Co-op and I and the rest of the board, look forward to working closely with her going forward.”