N Brown appoints two new executive directors

N Brown Group plc has appointed Gill Barr and Michael Ross as Non-Executive Directors with effect from January 16, 2018.

Barr, the company said, is currently a Non-Executive Director of PayPoint plc, Wincanton plc, and a Trustee Director of Willis Towers Watson's master trust, LifeSight Ltd. She is also the Chair of the customer challenge group for Severn Trent Water Plc. Barr was previously a non-executive director of Morgan Sindall Plc. She was also group marketing director of The Co-operative Group, marketing director of John Lewis and she spent seven years at Kingfisher Plc in a variety of senior strategy, marketing and business development roles.

Ross, the company added, is the Co-founder and Chief Scientist of DynamicAction, a leader in big data analytics and AI for retail. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Sainsbury's Bank, and sits on the commercial development board at the Turing Institute. He was previously the co-founder and CEO of Figleaves.com, and started his career at McKinsey consulting in the early days of the internet.

Upon appointment, Barr will become Chair of the remuneration committee and Ross, the Chair of the CSR Committee.

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