which includes more than 230 employees and 11 stores.
Visch will also continue building on the brand’s strong environmental position established by previous general manager Ryan Gellert, who is now global CEO of holding company Patagonia Works.
Prior to joining Patagonia, Visch spent 19 years at Nike, most recently as general manager of EMEA East.
French Connection announces non-executive director appointment
Clothing and accessories retailer French Connection has named Neil Page as group independent non-executive director.
Page has taken up the role of chairman of the Audit Committee and will be a member of the Remuneration Committee. He previously spent 10 years as chief financial officer at Carpetright PLC, finance and IT director of the UK AS Watson health and beauty business, including Superdrug.
“I am delighted that Neil is joining the board,” said Stephen Marks, chairman and CEO of French Connection. “He has extensive and relevant experience that will be very useful to us in the future as the group recovers following the pandemic.”
Australia Post appoints Woolworths exec as new CEO
Australia Post has appointed Paul Graham as its new chief executive officer and managing director, taking over from Christine Holgate, who left her role last year.
Graham, who will start in the role in September, was previously chief supply chain officer at Woolworths Group. He also had an extensive career working in e-commerce.
He said he feels fortunate to be joining the group at a time when they can truly capitalise on the extraordinary growth in e-commerce experienced in the past year and continue developing the company’s retail and digital offerings while keeping deliveries strong.
“I am most looking forward to meeting the team across the country — the posties, Post Office workers, mail processors and delivery drivers that kept our country operating during Covid-19,” Graham said.
“I am also looking forward to getting out into regional Australia where Australia Post has an enormous presence, as well as meeting with the thousands of Post Office licensee partners who play a critical role every day serving the country.”
Australia Post chair Lucio Di Bartolomeo said Graham has a track-record of delivering results in large, complex organisations.“The board was impressed by Paul’s 40 years of deep industry experience working in supply chain in Australia, Europe and Asia. We are also confident Paul’s community and customer philosophy is a perfect fit for Australia Post,” he said.
