LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - British retailer Marks & Spencer has beefed-up the digital expertise on its board byrecruiting Andrew Fisher, the chairman of music app Shazam, as anon-executive director.
Fisher will join the M&S board on Dec. 1 and also take aseat on the group's nomination committee.
Fisher joined Shazam as CEO in 2005, growing the app thatidentifies background music into a global mobile service withover 750 million users across 200 countries. M&S said Shazam isnow one of the world's top 20 apps.
M&S CEO Marc Bolland's stated strategy is to make the firm amulti-channel international retailer.
M&S also said that Martha Lane Fox will step down as anon-executive director next April, having served for nine years. (Reporting by James Davey, Editing by Paul Sandle)
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