Arcadia Group to name former De Vere head Coppel as chairman - Sky News

FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Burton and Dorothy Perkins store, owned by Arcadia Group, in central London, Britain June 5, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls - Copyright HENRY NICHOLLS(Reuters)

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Published on 20/11/2019 - 21:04•Updated 18/04/2024 - 02:23

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(Reuters) - British retailer Arcadia Group will name the former head of De Vere hotel and leisure group Andrew Coppel as the chairman, Sky News reported on Wednesday.

He will replace Jamie Drummond Smith on Thursday, the report http://bit.ly/2KCC9oo said. Smith was a corporate restructuring expert, and stepped down from billionaire Philip Green's company in September after five months as an interim chairman.