Board revamp at Woolworths
Stephen East appointed to finance role
Woolworths has stregthened its board with the appointment of a new finance director and two company executives stepping up internally.
Stephen East, the former finance director of property company MEPC joins Woolworths as group finance director on July 1.
Steve Lewis, director of operations for the Woolworths retail facias as well as its distribution network and Lloyd Wigglesworth, managing director of Woolworths’ Entertainment UK wholsale arm are both promoted to the group’s executive board with immediate effect.
Steve Lewis has been Woolworths operations director since 2001, and was previously operations director of Dixons. Wigglesworth was appointed as managing director of Entertainment UK last year and was previously a main board director of WH Smith.
Woolworths group chairman Gerald Corbett, said:”I am delighted to welcome Stephen to the Woolworths Group board. He is an experienced and well respected finance director and alongside Lloyd and Steve, will bring added strength and expertise to the board to take the company forward.”
East said: “I am looking forward to joining the Woolworths board and working with Trevor, Gerald and the team. Woolworths is a fantastic high street brand and a business with a lot of potential.”
