– UK, Manchester – boohoo Group plc (LON: BOO), a leading online fashion retailer, today announced the appointment of Kirsty Britz to its Board as a Non-Executive Director, with effect immediately, bringing additional expertise to the Board, particularly in areas of Environmental, Social and Governance matter.
Over the last twelve months, the Group has significantly strengthened its Board with three Non-Executive Director appointments, resulting in a Board that comprises a majority of Independent Directors.
“I am delighted to welcome Kirsty to the Board and look forward to the contribution she will bring. Her extensive ESG experience will help ensure the board remains focused on making balanced and sustainable decisions that factor in the impact of our strategy on multiple stakeholder groups.” said Group Executive Chairman, Mahmud Kamani.
Kirsty will become a member of the Audit and Risk Committees on appointment.
About Kirsty Britz
Kirsty is currently the Director of Sustainable Banking at NatWest Group plc and an independent member of the Professional Standards Committee at HMRC. Before joining NatWest Group, she held the role of Director of Citizenship at Barclays. Kirsty has served as a member of the UKRI sustainability advisory group and as a member of the NERC independent research panel and she has held various sustainability, brand strategy, and marketing roles in the retail, telecommunications, and advertising sectors.
Kirsty Britz, said: “I look forward to helping the Group develop its sustainability approach, embedding it into strategy, governance, and operations, and ensuring the Board remains focused on building practices fit for a sustainable future.”
About boohoo Group plc
Founded in Manchester in 2006, boohoo is an inclusive and innovative global brand targeting young, value-orientated customers, pushing boundaries to bring its customers up-to-date and inspirational fashion, 24/7.
In 2017, the group extended its customer offering through the acquisitions of the vibrant fashion brand PrettyLittleThing and the free-thinking brand Nasty Gal. In March 2019, the group acquired the MissPap brand, in August 2019 the Karen Millen and Coast brands, and in June 2020 the Warehouse and Oasis brands, all complementary to the group’s scalable, multi-brand platform. In January 2021, the group acquired the intellectual property assets of Debenhams, to transform a leading UK fashion and beauty retailer into a digital department store and marketplace through a new capital-light and low-risk operating model. In February 2021, the group acquired the intellectual property assets of UK brands Dorothy Perkins, Wallis, and Burton. As of 31 August 2021, the boohoo group had 19 million active customers across all its brands around the world.
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