LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Barratt Developments has appointed Dixons Retail's current chairman, JohnAllan, as its chairman designate, the British housebuilder saidon Tuesday.
Allan will replace Bob Lawson who has chaired Britain'slargest housebuilder by volume since July 2008. He will join theboard on Aug. 1 and will succeed Lawson on Nov. 12.
Allan was previously the chief executive of logistics groupExel for 11 years, and following its acquisition of DeutschePost, became chief financial officer.