Gant new roles announcement

Combining traditional American style with an European flair, lifestyle label Gant announced

the appointment of Peter Jenkins as its Commercial Director. This is a new role and Jenkins will be responsible for Wholesale, Retail and Visual Merchandising. He joins from Value Retail where he is currently responsible for Kildare Village. Prior to this, Jenkins worked for Fat Face, Selfridges, Pret a Manger and the Arcadia Group.

He joins mid January 2011 and will be reporting to Tracy Stone Managing Director. In addition, Dan Shaw has been appointed Head of Retail with Oli Strickland as Senior Sales Manager for Wholesale.