Signet Jewelers Names Uta Werner as First Chief Strategy Officer
November 06 2015 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Signet Jewelers (“Signet”) (NYSE and LSE: SIG), the world's
largest retailer of diamond jewelry, announced that Uta Werner has
joined the Company as Signet Chief Strategy Officer.
As Chief Strategy Officer, Werner will be responsible for
strategy development and execution and will be focused on the
identification of growth opportunities, strategic planning, and
mergers and acquisitions. Werner’s other responsibilities include
monitoring long-term trends, gathering competitive intelligence,
driving cross-business-unit initiatives, and sustaining business
model innovation. She will report to Signet Chief Executive Officer
Mark Light and serve on Signet’s Executive Committee.
“Uta will help us further differentiate and strengthen our
position as the world’s largest retailer of diamond jewelry,” said
Light. “This role is critical to the transformation of Signet and
the creation of an organization that supports Signet’s Vision 2020
and our future growth. Vision 2020 represents a well-planned
strategic framework for growth and future success. We are all very
excited for Uta to join the team at Signet and look forward to her
contributing to our success.”
Prior to joining Signet, Werner was Executive Vice President,
Global Product Leadership at Nielsen, a leading global performance
management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of
what consumers Watch and Buy. In this role, Werner led Nielsen’s
Global Sales Effectiveness Practice, building a
highly-differentiated Advanced Analytics business that helps
consumer products manufacturers and retailers leverage Big Data to
systematically optimize and manage in-store and on-line sales
drivers. Werner has more than 20 years of experience as an advisor
to senior management and investors, and prior to Nielsen was Chief
Strategy Officer of Xerox Corporation, a Fortune 200 firm in the
Technology / Business Process Services sector.
Werner holds the equivalent of an MS in Mathematics and an MBA
from the Technical University in Aachen Germany, as well as a
Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University. She is also a Board Member of
Forte Foundation, a non-profit consortium of major corporations and
top business schools working together to launch women into
fulfilling, significant business careers through access to business
education, opportunities and a community of successful women.
About Signet Jewelers
Signet Jewelers is the world's largest retailer of diamond
jewelry. Signet operates approximately 3,600 stores primarily under
the name brands of Kay Jewelers, Zales, Jared The Galleria Of
Jewelry, H.Samuel, Ernest Jones, Peoples and Piercing Pagoda.
Further information on Signet is available at
www.signetjewelers.com. See also www.kay.com, www.zales.com,
www.jared.com, www.hsamuel.co.uk, www.ernestjones.co.uk,
www.peoplesjewellers.com and www.pagoda.com.
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SignetDavid Bouffard, Vice President, Corporate
Affairs1-330-668-5369DBouffard@jewels.com
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