Shop Direct hires new chief executive
Liverpool-based online retailer Shop Direct has appointed gambling and leisure firm Rank Group’s chief executive Henry Birch as its new CEO.
He will join the company in the summer, replacing interim chief executive Derek Harding who has been in post since the exit of Alex Balding at the start of the year amid record-breaking Christmas trading results.
Before joining Rank in 2014, Birch spent four years as chief executive of William Hill Online, where he launched the company’s mobile business.
Birch said: “I’m thrilled... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
