US EditionPets At Home names former Waitrose boss James Bailey as chief executive
James Bailey will lead Pets At Home’s turnaround after profits fell over a third and retail earnings dropped 84%, with £20 million in overhead cuts planned.
- Retailer Pets At Home ended its three-month search by appointing former Waitrose managing director James Bailey as chief executive, who will take up the post on March 30.
- Lyssa McGowan quit in September amid profit warnings and sliding sales, ending a three-year tenure, and November half-year results showed profits tumbled by more than a third with retail earnings down 84%.
- Bailey brings more than five years leading Waitrose and a 639,770 salary plus potential bonuses of up to 170% and a 250% share award next year.
- Ian Burke, chairman and interim CEO, will revert to non-executive chairman when Bailey joins next spring, and Burke warned last month that `urgent and necessary` cost-cutting is needed to revive the retail division.
- The board said Bailey's experience aligns with the group's ambitions for the coming years, and he may be in line for a 250% share award if shareholders approve the pay policy at next year's AGM.
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Pets At Home names former Waitrose boss James Bailey as chief executive
James Bailey replaces Lyssa McGowan after she quit abruptly in September.
Pets at Home names former Waitrose boss James Bailey as new chief executive
James Bailey replaces former Pets at Home boss Lyssa McGowan after she quit abruptly in September. Retailer Pets At Home has ended its three-month search for a new boss with the appointment of former Waitrose managing director James Bailey to the top post. Mr Bailey, who will take up the role on March 30, replaces Lyssa McGowan after she quit abruptly in September amid profit warnings and sliding sales, ending a three-year tenure at the helm. Ch…
Pets at Home appoints CEO
Pets at Home Group Plc has announced the appointment of James Bailey as chief executive officer. Bailey was most recently managing director of Waitrose, a position he held for over five years from April 2020. Prior to his appointment at Waitrose, he held a number of senior roles over 20 years at J Sainsbury plc. Ian Burke has been appointed executive chair pending the arrival of Bailey as permanent CEO, and at that time will revert to the role o…
Pets at Home Group appoints James Bailey as CEO
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Pets at Home Group Plc (‘Company’), the UK’s leading pet care business, is pleased to announce the appointment of James Bailey as chief executive officer with effect from 30 March 2026. Bailey was most recently managing drector of Waitrose, a position he held for over five years from April 2020. During his t…
Pets at Home hires new chief executive – Northern Financial Review
Wilmslow-based pet and vet retailer Pets at Home Group — where CEO Lyssa McGowan left the business on September 18 and Ian Burke assumed the role of executive chair — announced the appointment of former Waitrose and Sainsbury executive James Bailey as chief executive officer with effect from March 30, 2026. “James was most recently Managing Director of Waitrose, a position he held for over five years from April 2020,” said Pets at Home. “During …
Pets at Home appoints James Bailey as chief executive
Pets at Home Group has appointed former Waitrose managing director James Bailey as its next chief executive, with effect from 30 March 2026. Bailey will join the UK pet care retailer after more than five years at Waitrose, where he was managing director from April 2020. During that period, he led the supermarket through the Covid pandemic and a subsequent period of high inflation, and oversaw the relaunch of Waitrose.com following the grocer’s m…
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