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Featured Article April '09

New BRC Chair Appointed

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has appointed Luke Mayhew to succeed current chairman, Sir Geoff Mulcahy.

Mayhew currently serves as Chairman of Pets at Home, non-executive Director of WH Smith and non-executive Director of Brambles Limited.

Before that he was Managing Director of John Lewis for five years and sat on the board of John Lewis Partnership for 13 years.

Stephen Robertson, the BRC’s Director General, welcomed Mayhew, saying that he ‘brings a wide background of retail leadership together with an excellent understanding of how government and the media work.’

Robertson also praised Sir Geoff Mulcahy, describing his achievement as having built ‘an outstanding organisation to serve the retail sector.’

Luke Mayhew will take up the post on the 1st of May 2009.

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