Woolworths has appointed three new board members to the company.
Christine Cross, David Mackay and Michael Ullmer have all been welcomed to the company as non-executive directors.
Cross, who is now a retired Tesco executive, runs her own retail advisory consultancy is also a non-executive director of Next plc (UK multi-channel clothing and general merchandise retailer), Sonae Group (largest grocery retailer in Portugal) and Plantasgen (a private equity owned garden centre group in Scandinavia).
Meanwhile, Mackay is a retired president, CEO and director of the Kellogg Company. He was also managing director of Sara Lee Bakery in Australia.
Similarly, Ullmer brings a wealth of experience from the accounting and banking sectors. He retired as deputy group chief executive at National Australia Bank (NAB) in August 2011 where he was also a director of NAB, Bank of New Zealand and chairman of the subsidiaries Great Western Bank (US) and JBWere.
“On behalf of the Woolworths board, I am delighted to welcome Christine, David and Michael to the company. They bring a tremendous array of skills, knowledge and experience to the table and we look forward to the contribution,” Chairman James Strong said.
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