M&S hires Thinus Keeve as retail director
M&S has appointed Thinus Keeve to the newly created role of retail director.
Keeve has worked for most of his career in Australia where he held a number of senior roles at the Coles supermarket chain. More recently, he was chief executive and managing director of the BWX beauty company.
In a statement on LinkedIn, M&S chief executive Stuart Machin said Keeve’s new role will include accountability for all M&S stores across the UK and ROI, as well as central store operations.
He will report to Sacha Berendji, M&S operations director, who will continue to have overall responsibility for retail, property, security and business continuity, as well as the acceleration of the retailer’s store rotation programme.
Never Miss a Retail Update!Keeve will join M&S on 6 June.
Machin added: “Like all new senior leaders, Thinus will spend his first month working in stores getting close to colleagues and close to customers. Following this, to ensure stores remain at the very heart of our decision-making across M&S, in July he will also join our ExCo team.”
