Pets at Home appoints ex-Asda boss to board
Pets at Home has appointed Roger Burnley CBE as an independent non-executive director, effective from February 2023.
Burnley will be appointed as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee, Remuneration Committee, Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee and the ESG Committee.
He has previously worked as an executive director at Sainsbury’s for 10 years before moving to Asda as Chief Operating Officer in 2016. Burnley was then appointed as CEO in 2017 before leaving the supermarket retailer in 2021. In 2022, Burnley took the position of non-executive chairman at Irish food manufacturer Finnbrogue Artisan.
Ian Burke, chairman at Pets at Home, said: “Roger has deep knowledge of the retail sector and food supply chains and his experience will be of great value to Pets at Home as it embarks on the next stage of its ambitious strategic plan.”
In other changes at Pets at Home, the current chair of the Remuneration Committee Sharon Flood and non-executive director Stanislas Laurent have notified the board of their intention to step down.
Meanwhile, Dennis Millard, who has served as senior independent director for nine years, will stand down but will remain as a director for a further year.
Zarin Patel will be appointed as senior independent director , who has been at the company in a non-executive position since April 2021.