High street fashion retailer New Look has appointed Richard Collyer as its new chief financial officer.

Effective immediately, Collyer has been performing the chief financial officer role on an interim basis since March 2016.

Collyer joined New Look in 2008, and after a period as executive assistant to the chief executive, he was promoted to group finance director in 2014.

Before New Look, Richard spent 13 years with PwC in audit and transactional roles.


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New Look chief executive Anders Kristiansen congratulated Collyer on his new role.

“Richard has a wealth of experience in New Look and I am very pleased to be able to promote from within our leadership team,” he said.

Collyer said: “I look forward to working with Anders and the New Look team to continue to achieve our strategic aims and growth plans.”

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