Tag: Kingfisher

Ian McLeod joins Kingfisher as a non-executive director
From 20 January, McLeod will sit on the board of the global home improvement company, operator of retailers including B&Q and Screwfix.

Kevin O’Byrne to chair Centrica
Currently senior independent director, O’Byrne will take over as chair of the energy company from Scott Wheway.

Bruce Marsh accepts seat at DFS
Curry’s CFO will join the board of the UK furniture retailer as an independent non-executive director on 1 August.

Tate & Lyle appoints Jeff Carr as non-executive director
Reckitt Benckiser CFO Jeff Carr will sit on the food company’s board as a non-executive director from next month.

New NEDs for Dunelm
From 1 March this year, Ajay Kavan and Dan Taylor will become non-executive directors of the UK homewares retailer.

Landsec names new chair
Sir Ian Cheshire will step down from the board of BT Group in order to take over as Landsec’s chair from Cressida Hogg CBE.

Véronique Laury joins BAT board
Laury, former group CEO of Kingfisher, is to become a non-executive director of British American Tobacco plc this month.

New CEO joins Joules
Having announced in May that Nick Jones would be stepping down, the group has selected Jonathan Brown as Jones’ successor.

Diageo tops rankings in IoD’s good governance report
The Institute of Directors’ annual ranking of listed UK companies for their good governance sees distiller lead the way.