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Higginson To Chair Morrisons And Is Replaced At Poundland By Shapland

Tue, 29th Jul 2014 06:46

LONDON (Alliance News) - Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC Tuesday said Andrew Higginson is to replace Ian Gibson as the company's chairman when Gibson retires in 2015.

Ahead of taking up the role, Higginson will join the board of the supermarket on 1 October as non-executive deputy chairman and chairman elect.

Higginson currently holds chairmanships at Poundland PLC and N Brown PLC and is a senior independent director at British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC. Prior to this, he was an executive director at Tesco PLC for 15 years.

As part of the move, Higginson will step down as chairman of Poundland, which said Tuesday he would be replaced by Darren Shapland.

Shapland is currently the Senior Independent Director at Poundland and in the past worked as the Chief Financial Officer of J Sainsbury PLC and as the Chief Executive of Carpetright.

By Sam Unsted; samunsted@alliancenews.com; @SamUAtAlliance

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