Kingfisher appoints Daniel Bernard as Deputy Chairman.
Kingfisher has announced the appointment of Daniel Bernard as Non- Executive Deputy Chairman.
M. Bernard, 60, was Chairman and Chief Executive of Carrefour, the Paris-based
retail group and world’s second largest retailer, from 1992-2005. During that time he led the development of Carrefour into a global retail group with more than 10,000 stores in 30 countries. Prior to Carrefour, he was Chief Operating Officer of METRO, Germany’s leading international retailer. He is now President
of Provestis, his own investment company and a non-executive director of Alcatel, Cap Gemini and Compagnie de St Gobain for which he will not ask the renewal of his directorship at its AGM on 8th June this year.
M. Bernard will join the Kingfisher Board as a Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman following its AGM on 24th May 2006. Until May 2007, he will share the position of Deputy Chairman with John Nelson who will then step down from that role but will continue as Kingfisher’s Senior Independent Director.
Peter Jackson, who will become Chairman of Kingfisher after the AGM on 24th May 2006, said: ‘I am delighted to welcome Daniel Bernard to the Kingfisher Board. He brings a wealth of retailing and management experience from two of the world’s largest retail groups. His international background will be of particular benefit to Kingfisher.’
