Kingfisher beefs up board

DIY retailer Kingfisher has beefed up its board with the appointment of three new executive directors.Karen Witts, who was named as Group Finance Director in July, will take a seat on the board on October 1st when she joins the company.Sitting around the table she will find new boys Euan Sutherland and Philippe Tible. Sutherland is Kingfisher's Group Chief Executive while Tible is Kingfisher Divisional Chief Executive officer, Castorama and Brico Depot. responsible for Kingfisher's businesses in France, Poland, Russia and Spain.The appointments are part of a planned evolution of the Kingfisher board, following the announcement of the new senior management structure in February and the launch of the group's "Creating the Leader" plan in March."These changes mean that all five of Kingfisher's Group Executive will now be on the main board," noted Ian Cheshire, Kingfisher's Chief Executive Officer. JH