{"id":191702,"date":"2022-01-05T07:58:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T07:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?p=191702"},"modified":"2022-01-05T19:27:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T19:27:09","slug":"andy-bond-stepping-down-as-poundland-owner-pepcos-chief-to-focus-on-his-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/andy-bond-stepping-down-as-poundland-owner-pepcos-chief-to-focus-on-his-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Bond stepping down as Poundland owner Pepco\u2019s chief to focus on his health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The chief executive of the parent company of Poundland has announced he is to leave the business due to health reasons later this year.\u00a0Andy Bond, a high street veteran and former chief of Asda, said he <strong>will leave Pepco at the end of March and remain an adviser to the board until the end of the financial year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He departs after 10 years with the European retailer, which owns discounting stores under the Pepco, Poundland and Dealz brands across the continent, including seven as CEO and launching the company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange last year.<\/p>\n<p>Bond also <strong>oversaw Poundland\u2019s expansion in the UK, including introducing Pepco\u2019s clothing range into stores,<\/strong> and ending its previously strict single price point policy.<\/p>\n<p>He will be <strong>replaced by chief operating officer Trevor Masters,<\/strong> himself a former supermarket executive at Tesco where he headed up the international operation.<\/p>\n<p>Finance chief Nick Wharton, formerly chief executive of Dunelm, has also returned full-time having taken time off in November for a medical procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Bond said: \u201cEvery great journey must come to an end and it is with much reluctance that<strong> I have decided now is the right time to focus my energies on my health.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been wonderful to help the business and our many talented colleagues grow and provide customers with great value products that they need throughout Europe and the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Richard Burrows added: \u201cPepco Group today is a testament to Andy and the team that has built the business so successfully and with significant potential for future growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are fortunate to have in Trevor a highly capable and experienced executive who will lead the business while we undertake a thorough succession planning process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Pepco, <strong>Bond worked for 16 years at Asda, including as chief executive and a short time as chairman during the period the supermarket was owned by US giant Walmart.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He took over at Pepco and helped oversee Poundland\u2019s expansion in the UK, including introducing Pepco\u2019s clothing range into stores and ending its previously strict single price point policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":191704,"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":[6,20822,10494],"tags":[18825,15932,14491,14492,11704],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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