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...Job Moves Compass’s chief financial officer Karen Witts is to stand down at the end of this month by mutual agreement....
...He has since appointed Bernard Bot as chief financial officer — replacing Karen Witt, who left for the same role at caterer Compass — and put John Wartig in charge of business transformation....
...Mr Garnier will also have to rebuild a senior team depleted by departures, most notably finance director Karen Witts, who left to go to Compass this year and has been replaced only on an interim basis....
...Finance director Karen Witts said this reflected continued promotional activity, as outgoing ranges were discounted to clear them. The external environment has not helped....
...At the company’s half-year results, former Ikea executive Arja Taaveniku quit as chief offer and supply chain officer, while barely three weeks later finance director Karen Witt announced her departure....
...The UK’s Compass Group has hired Kingfisher’s Karen Witts as its chief financial officer. She will succeed Johnny Thomson....
...Karen Witts, chief financial officer, said: “The caution in the UK is more around the macroeconomic backdrop and in France it’s more about the progress we make ourselves . . . you just have to open your...
...These include Julie Brown at Burberry, Karen Witts at Kingfisher, Jessica Uhl at Royal Dutch Shell and Helen Weir at M&S....
...Its chief financial officer, Karen Witts, stresses that finding the best person for the job regardless of gender is always the priority....
...However, Karen Witts, finance director, said she hoped the B&Q closures would be “broadly neutral” for jobs....
...The all-male trend was broken in October when Karen Witts was appointed group finance director at Kingfisher, owner of the B&Q home improvement chain....
...Ms Scott said there had been no female executive director appointments in recent months, though Karen Witts is due to join Kingfisher as group finance director from Vodafone next month....
...Whenever she speaks at internal company events, Karen Witts receives feedback from women in the audience pleased to see a senior female executive in a highly visible position....
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