Carpetright PLC announced that it has appointed Wilf Walsh to the Board as Chief Executive with effect from 21 July 2014. Mr. Walsh's career includes 20 years of retail/consumer experience including eight years as managing director of Coral and six years at HMV. Most recently he has been chairman of Fortuna Entertainment Group NV. Lord Harris of Peckham, currently Executive Chairman, will become non-executive Chairman of Carpetright from 21 July 2014 and will then retire from the Board at the conclusion of company's Annual General Meeting on 4 September 2014.

 Lord Harris will remain available to Wilf Walsh in an advisory capacity thereafter, following his retirement from the Board. Baroness Noakes, currently Deputy Chairman of Carpetright, will become Interim Chairman until such time as a permanent appointment is made. The following management changes are also being announced on 21 May 2014: Martin Harris, who joined Carpetright in 1991 and has been on the Board since 1997, latterly as its Group Development Director, has informed the Board that he will step down from his post and the Board at the conclusion of the AGM on 4 September 2014 and will leave the company to pursue other business opportunities. Graham Harris, who was appointed to the Board in October 2013 as its Chief Operating Officer, has left the company with immediate effect as this role has become redundant given the appointment of the new Chief Executive.