Directorate Change: Appointment of CFO

boohoo group plc

23 January 2024

 

23 January 2024

boohoo group plc

("boohoo" or the "Group")

Directorate Change: Appointment of CFO

boohoo (AIM: BOO), a leading online fashion retailer, announces the appointment of Stephen Morana to the Board as Chief Financial Officer, commencing on 19 February 2024.

Stephen is widely recognised for his e-commerce expertise and he has significant experience in a range of businesses. He spent a significant part of his executive career as CFO of two founder-led, digitally disruptive businesses, Betfair and Zoopla, both of which he led through IPO and helped to create significant shareholder value. Stephen has also been a Non-Executive director at Entain, the FTSE100 group, and here at boohoo (2014 -2017). He has also been a venture partner at Octopus Ventures. His most recent executive position was at Cazoo plc. He is a qualified chartered accountant and a member of the INSEAD alumni.

Mahmud Kamani, Group Executive Chairman, commented:

"Stephen is a highly regarded finance director who is well known to boohoo, having previously served on our Board in a Non-Executive capacity for four years. He supported us through the IPO process and in our early years as a PLC. While the business has grown significantly since then, Stephen has a wealth of experience with global digital businesses and is therefore very well placed to support the strategy in pursuit of our growth ambitions."

The following additional information is provided in accordance with paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Stephen Gavin Morana (aged 52) holds or has held the following directorships or partnerships in the past five years:

Current Directorships or Partnerships	Previous Directorships or Partnerships
Smart Pension Limited	Entain plc
Lampada Consultants Limited	Open Data Institute
Atticus Property Developments plc	Bigblu Broadband PLC
	KM Capital Limited
	Cazoo Holdings Ltd
	Cazoo Ltd
	Imperial Cars of Swanwick Limited
	Cazoo Properties Limited
	Cazoo Subscription Services Limited
	Imperial Car Supermarkets Ltd
	Cazoo Group Ltd
	Carsa Holdings Ltd
	Carsaz Limited
	Capri Listco Limited
	Fantastic Cars Limited

Stephen holds 129,097 shares in boohoo.

There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Enquiries
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About boohoo group plc

"Leading the fashion eCommerce market"

Founded in Manchester in 2006, boohoo is an inclusive and innovative global brand targeting young, value-orientated customers, pushing boundaries to bring its customers up-to-date and inspirational fashion, 24/7.

In 2017, the group extended its customer offering through the acquisitions of the vibrant fashion brand PrettyLittleThing and free-thinking brand Nasty Gal. In March 2019, the group acquired the MissPap brand, in August 2019 the Karen Millen and Coast brands and in June 2020 the Warehouse and Oasis brands, all complementary to the group's scalable, multi-brand platform. In January 2021, the group acquired the intellectual property assets of Debenhams, with the goal of transforming a leading UK fashion and beauty retailer into a digital department store and marketplace through a new capital-light and low-risk operating model. In February 2021, the group acquired the intellectual property assets of UK brands Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton. As at 31 August 2023, the boohoo group had 17 million active customers across all its brands around the world.

 

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