Lincolnshire Co-op has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer to manage its diverse trading business, which includes food stores, filling stations, pharmacies, post offices, travel branches, funeral homes and a large property portfolio.
In March, Paul Howard will take over the CFO role and Steve Leach will become COO.
Howard has experience across both private and listed retail businesses in the UK and overseas. He joins from fashion retailer boohoo, where he has been Head of Supply Chain Finance for the past two years. He had previously progressed through the ranks at Wilko, holding various senior finance roles, as well as a two-year stint in Hong Kong as Finance Director for the now-defunct retailer’s sourcing office.
Meanwhile, Leach has a breadth of retail leadership experience gained in M&S, Sainsbury’s, Boots, Vodafone, Co-op/Nisa and was most recently interim Chief Operating Officer at Vets Now.
Henry Breese, Interim Chief Financial Officer, and Mark Finn, Acting Chief Operating Officer, will be leaving Lincolnshire Co-op at the end of March.
