Former Morrisons HR Director joins Kingfisher as CPO

Kingfisher has announced their new Chief People Officer (CPO).

Emily Lawson was previously Group HR Director at Morrisons and a Partner at McKinsey & Co.

Speaking about the appointment, CEO Véronique Laury says: “I’m delighted that Emily will join us in October as Chief People Officer. Her breadth of previous experience is ideally suited to the ‘One’ Kingfisher plan to create a single, unified company where customer needs come first. I have no doubt she is the right person to help us translate this goal into a reality. I look forward to working with her.

“Women account for around half our customers and make about three quarters of home improvement decisions, and we recognise the importance of building a pipeline of management talent to reflect that trend. I am therefore pleased to note that Emily’s appointment brings the proportion of women on our seven-strong leadership team to over 50%.”