Pursuant to the announcement made by Brait SE on 27th November 2019, the Board of New Look Retail Holdings Ltd (“New Look” or “the Company”), today announces that John Gnodde has stepped down from the Board with effect from 1 March 2020 and that Stuart MacKenzie has been appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director effective from 24 March 2020.
Stuart is Chief Executive Officer of Ethos Private Equity, a role which he has held since 2014, and has deep experience working with portfolio companies across numerous industries and all aspects of the private equity and venture capital value chain.
Alistair McGeorge, Non-Executive Chairman, said: “On behalf of the Board I would like to thank John for his support and contribution to New Look over the last five years. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.
“I am delighted to welcome Stuart to the Board. We look forward to working with him and benefitting from his expertise.”
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About New Look
New Look is a leading multichannel retailer operating in the value segment of the clothing and footwear market in the United Kingdom (“UK”) and Republic of Ireland (“ROI”). We focus on delivering value for money and ‘newness’, wherever, whenever and however customers choose to engage with us. The New Look brand has high levels of awareness and recognition in the affordable womenswear market, catering to a broad customer audience with our bullseye customers aged 25 to 45 years. We also have a range for teen girls and an online menswear offer.
We are the number 2 UK Womenswear retailer for women aged 18 to 44 by value (based on Kantar Worldpanel published data 24 weeks to 15 December 2019).