LONDON (Reuters) – British health and beauty retailer Boots has promoted Anthony Hemmerdinger to the managing director role, succeeding Seb James on Nov. 4, it said on Thursday.
Boots UK, owned by U.S. listed Walgreens Boots Alliance, is one of Britain’s biggest retailers, trading from about 1,900 stores and employing 52,000.
Hemmerdinger, a former Asda supermarket executive, has been Boots UK’s retail and operations director since September 2022.
Walgreens said in July that James was stepping down.
In June it said it had no plans to sell Boots.
(Reporting by James Davey; editing by Sarah Young)
