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Kingfisher appoints Belgian as new CDO

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DIY/Garden7 January, 2020

British DIY group Kingfisher has appointed Jean-Jacques Van Oosten as its new Chief Customer & Digital Officer. The Belgian had already been Group IT Director at Kingfisher between 2005 and 2008, before finding his way to several other big names in retail.

 

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Van Oosten returns to the British home improvement group, which owns chains like B&Q and Screwfix, after serving at C-level at major retailers like Rewe and Tesco. His previous job was at Danish toy icon Lego.

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“JJ is an experienced digital leader with a track record of driving change in international companies. He has a key role to play at Kingfisher as we look to accelerate our digital and data capabilities and grow ecommerce sales”, CEO Thierry Garnier says in a press release.

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