Holland & Barrett has promoted its chief operating officer Anthony Houghton to be CEO for UK and Ireland as part of its company-wide restructure “to help further accelerate its growth and transformation strategy”.
The health retailer has created three new divisions under its new operating model and has promoted leadership from within, Retail Week reported.
Houghton will lead the retailer’s UK and Ireland business, while group chief commercial officer Alex Dower has been named chief executive of Holland & Barrett’s international division.
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Chief business and science officer Tamara Rajah has been promoted to chief executive of wellness solutions and chief transformation officer to lead the retailer’s new wellness solutions and transformations division.
Holland & Barrett said the divisions will be “supported by central group functions across, HR, finance and tech and group capability across product development, customer, marketing and communications”.
The retailer’s executive chair Alex Gourlay said: “Holland & Barrett has good momentum and we’re in a growth market and positioned well to deliver our unique purpose of adding quality years to life.
“The new divisions will drive performance through empowerment at a more local level, simplify the group structure and further help us create truly integrated customer experiences with a completely omnichannel mindset.
“Sharpening our operating model in this way will help us go faster, effectively compete and accelerate growth, ultimately improving our customers’ experiences – the driver of all we do.”
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