– UK, Sunderland – ScS Group PLC (LON: SCS), one of the UK’s largest retailers of upholstered furniture and floorings, today announced the appointment of Swarupa Pathakji to its board as Non-Executive Director with effect from 2 May 2023.
“I am delighted to welcome Swarupa to the ScS Board. Her varied financial experience and widespread knowledge of customer-facing businesses will be invaluable to the Group,” said Board Chairman, Alan Smith.
Swarupa Pathakji will also join the Audit, Remuneration, and Nomination Committees.
About Swarupa Pathakji
Swarupa Pathakji is a Director of Kings Yard Arms VCT plc, where she is Chair of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee. She is also a non-executive director of value retailer OFS (DS) Holdings Ltd where she is Chair of the Audit Committee. Swarupa has extensive experience across multiple sectors, having worked at both Merrill Lynch and more recently at Duke Street, a mid-market Private Equity firm, where she served as a non-executive director on the boards of a number of companies.
Swarupa Pathakji said: “I am pleased to be joining SCS at an exciting time for the business. I have been impressed with the strength of the Board and the management team and I look forward to working with them to achieve their plans for the future.”
About ScS Group
ScS is one of the UK’s largest retailers of sofas, flooring, and furniture. We trade as two separate brands- the core ScS brand and the newly acquired Snug brand.
The ScS brand seeks to offer value and choice through a wide range of sofas, flooring and furniture products. The product range is designed to appeal to a broad customer base with a mid-market priced offering and is currently traded from 100 stores. The brand specializes primarily in fabric and leather sofas and chairs, selling a range of branded products which are not sold under registered trademarks and a range of branded products which are sold under registered trademarks owned by ScS (such as Endurance, Inspire, and SiSi Italia). It also offers a range of third-party brands. The flooring business includes carpets, rugs, wood, laminate and luxury vinyl tiling.
Snug is an innovative digital-first sofa and sofa-bed business specializing in modular and re-configurable sofas, with quick delivery and excellent quality and customer service. Although predominantly online, Snug also operates from one store in Leeds and ten concessions throughout England.
For more information: https://www.scsplc.co.uk/
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