{"id":160421,"date":"2018-09-12T17:26:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T17:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/n-brown-begins-search-for-new-ceo-as-angela-spindler-stands-down\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T13:53:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:53:49","slug":"n-brown-begins-search-for-new-ceo-as-angela-spindler-stands-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/n-brown-begins-search-for-new-ceo-as-angela-spindler-stands-down\/","title":{"rendered":"N Brown begins search for new CEO as Angela Spindler stands down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>N Brown, parent company of Jacamo, Simply Be and JD Williams, has begun the search for a new CEO after confirming that industry veteran <strong>Angela Spindler is leaving the business at the end of the month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The business, which specialises in plus-size and tall brands, confirmed it had asked <strong>Steve Johnson who is currently Chief Executive Officer of its Financial Services arm to assume the role<\/strong> of Interim Group Chief Executive Officer until a replacement for Spindler is in place.<\/p>\n<p>Her departure comes at a challenging time for the group, as it<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/\/n-brown-considers-the-closure-of-its-20-high-street-stores\/\"> revealed earlier in the summer<\/a> that it was <strong>considering retreating from retail with the closure of 20 stores<\/strong> and repositioning itself as a global online group.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Matt Davies said it was \"an appropriate time\" to look for a new CEO \"who can take the business forward through the next phase of its development\".<\/p>\n<p>\"I would like to thank Angela for her significant contribution as CEO. <strong>Angela has led the business with passion, energy and a relentless focus<\/strong> on building on the Group's industry leading fit specialism as well as building N\u00a0 Brown's on-line capability and expertise.<\/p>\n<p>\"She has <strong>had to contend with significant legacy issues and a challenging retail backdrop<\/strong> and has brought her great personal qualities and values to the way she has led our business. We wish Angela well for the future,\" Davies continued.<\/p>\n<p>Spindler, who has been in the role for five years, has a CV that includes senior positions at\u00a0<strong>Coca-Cola, Mars, Asda, Debenhams and the Original Factory Shop<\/strong>. She said he had been \"incredibly proud\" to lead the business.<\/p>\n<p>\"Over the last five years <strong>we have undertaken a significant transformation across the business to support our online future<\/strong> which will form a strong foundation for the coming years. I wish Steve Johnson well in his role as interim Group CEO when I leave at the end of September and would like to thank him and all the N Brown executive for their wonderful support throughout my leadership. I wish the Company and all my colleagues every success in the future,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Phil Tragen<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":149190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9762,6,10494],"tags":[11980,11976,11979,13491,11974,11975,13492],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>N Brown begins search for new CEO as Angela Spindler stands down - TheIndustry.fashion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"N Brown, parent company of Jacamo, Simply Be and JD Williams, has begun the search for a new CEO after confirming that industry veteran Angela Spindler is\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/n-brown-begins-search-for-new-ceo-as-angela-spindler-stands-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"N Brown begins search for new CEO as Angela Spindler stands down - TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"N Brown, parent company of Jacamo, Simply Be and JD Williams, has begun the search for a new CEO after confirming that industry veteran Angela Spindler is\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/n-brown-begins-search-for-new-ceo-as-angela-spindler-stands-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theindustryfashion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-12T17:26:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-12T13:53:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/angela-spindler-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"968\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"645\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lauretta Roberts\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lauretta Roberts\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/n-brown-begins-search-for-new-ceo-as-angela-spindler-stands-down\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/n-brown-begins-search-for-new-ceo-as-angela-spindler-stands-down\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lauretta Roberts\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/85b04a16eba8c6cd7a9534c5a4262b89\"},\"headline\":\"N Brown begins search for new CEO as Angela Spindler stands down\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-12T17:26:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-12T13:53:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/n-brown-begins-search-for-new-ceo-as-angela-spindler-stands-down\/\"},\"wordCount\":364,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Angela Spindler\",\"Jacamo\",\"JD Williams\",\"Matt Davies\",\"N Brown\",\"Simply Be\",\"Steve Johnson\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Features\",\"Interviews\",\"News &amp; 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