Fenwick has named department store veteran Nigel Blow as its next chief executive as it prepares for its “next stage of growth”.
Blow, who joins in October, succeeds John Edgar, who has left the business after almost five years, Retail Week reported.
The incoming chief executive is the current boss of London-based department store Morleys after joining the retailer in 2019.
Prior to Morleys, Blow worked at Dublin-based Arnotts from 2010 to 2015 and Brown Thomas before that, from 2007 to 2010. He started his career in 1992 as chief merchant in Harrods.
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Edgar is among several senior Fenwick’s executive to have left the business, with its people director and retail director also understood to have departed.
The retailer’s chair Sian Westerman said: “John Edgar is stepping down as CEO as part of a reorganisation of our executive leadership team and wider changes to the management structure of the company.
“We are excited for Nigel to join us, bringing with him a wealth of retail experience, and we know he is ready to help lead Fenwick into the next stage of its growth.”
She added: “John has successfully steered the business through the Covid-19 pandemic, launched our online proposition, enhanced and expanded our restaurant business, focused on the development of key stores, including a masterplan project in Newcastle and significant improvements to the Kingston store. We appreciate John’s contribution and wish him every success for the future.”
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