Crawshaw Group PLC Appointment of Chief Executive Officer (9648Z)
December 18 2014 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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Crawshaw Group PLC
18 December 2014
Crawshaw Group plc
("Crawshaw" or the "Company")
Appointment of Chief Executive Officer
Crawshaw Group Plc ('Crawshaw') is delighted to announce the
appointment of Noel Collett as the Chief Executive Officer, and he
is expected to take up his new role on 1st March 2015, when he will
also be appointed as a director of Crawshaw.
Noel joins Crawshaw from Lidl, having spent 16 years with the
German Discounter. He has held a number of senior leadership roles
in the UK and Germany, and for the last 12 years has served as
Lidl's Chief Operating Officer for the UK business. Noel has been
widely credited as an instrumental figure in transforming Lidl from
a low-cost brand to a high-quality value retailer during a decade
of rapid sales growth. He has also been responsible for overseeing
the Lidl portfolio growth from 200 stores to over 600 stores
generating annual sales of over GBP4bn, whilst leading an expanding
workforce of 14,000 employees. Additionally, Noel was responsible
for the roll-out of the improved in-store "fresh concept", which
included the fresh meat and poultry range, across all their UK
stores.
Richard Rose, Crawshaws Chairman, said:
"We are pleased to announce today the appointment of Noel
Collett as our Chief Executive Officer from 1st March 2015. Noel
brings a wealth of value retailing experience along with expertise
in business strategy, brand development and business transformation
during periods of rapid portfolio and sales growth.
We are excited by Noel's appointment and look to the future with
great confidence as the business embarks on a period of accelerated
store expansion throughout the UK"
Noel Collett said:
"The Crawshaw business model is unique with a fantastic
proposition and the company has very ambitious growth plans for the
future. I am really looking forward to joining a great team and I
am very excited about getting started"
Additional Information:
Noel's full name is Noel Nathan James Collett and he is aged 39.
During the last 5 years he has been a director of Lidl Limited,
Lidl UK GMBH and Lidl UK Assets GMBH, but no longer holds any of
those directorships.
There is no further information to be disclosed under Rule 17
and schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM rules in respect of his
appointment to the Board of Crawshaw.
For further information, please contact:
Crawshaw Group plc
Lynda Sherratt Tel: 01709 369
600
WH Ireland Limited Tel: 0161 832 2174
Katy Mitchell
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