WHL: WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED - Appointment of Scott Fyfe as CEO of Country Road Group ("CRG")
September 27, 2016 at 01:20 am EDT
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WHL: WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED - Appointment of Scott Fyfe as CEO of Country Road Group ('CRG')
WHL: WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED - Appointment of Scott Fyfe as CEO of Country Road Group ('CRG')
Appointment of Scott Fyfe as CEO of Country Road Group ('CRG')
Woolworths Holdings Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration number 1929/001986/06
Share code: WHL
ISIN: ZAE000063863
('WHL' or the 'Group')
Appointment of Scott Fyfe as CEO of Country Road Group ('CRG')
WHL is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Fyfe as Chief Executive Officer of its Australian
subsidiary CRG. He replaces Matt Keogh, who is resigning from the business to pursue new career
opportunities.
Scott joins CRG after 20 years at leading global retailer Marks & Spencer where he has worked in a
wide variety of roles spanning buying, merchandising and sourcing. Most recently, these have
included Director, Menswear and Kidswear and Merchandising Director, Womenswear.
Scott commences in his role in early 2017 with Ian Moir, WHL Group CEO working with the CRG
executive team until this time.
Contact:
Ralph Buddle, Director: Strategy & Business Development (083 412 4923)
Cape Town
27 September 2016
Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
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WoolWorths Holdings Limited is one of the South African leaders in retailing. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- distribution of clothes and consumer products (49.3%): clothes for men, women and children, shoes, beauty products, accessories and homeware;
- distribution of food products (47.3%);
- other (3.4%): primarily financial services.
At the end of June 2021, the group had a network of 1,279 stores broken down by name into WoolWorths (545), Country Road (689) and David Jones (45).
Net sales break down geographically as follows: South Africa (61.4%), Africa (2.5%), Australia and New Zealand (36.1%).