B&M interim CFO Helen Cowing exits

B&M interim CFO and enforcement manager Helen Cowing has near the UK discount retailer with contiguous effect, little than 5 months aft starting successful December 2025.

Cowing took connected the impermanent concern station aft the departure of erstwhile CFO Mike Schmidt.

The concern has named its existent radical fiscal controller, Peter Waterhouse, arsenic interim CFO. It added that helium volition presume the station instantly and volition enactment successful spot until a imperishable assignment is made.

Waterhouse joined B&M successful 2013 and became radical fiscal controller successful 2020.

He has held elder concern positions astatine Johnson Service Group and Logica.

In a abstracted committee update, B&M appointed Peter Pritchard arsenic a non-executive director, effectual immediately.

Pritchard was radical CEO astatine Pets astatine Home from 2018 to 2022 and has antecedently worked astatine Asda and Wilko.

He is presently a elder autarkic manager and seat of the remuneration committee astatine AO World.

Pritchard commented: “I americium excited to beryllium joining the committee of B&M astatine an important constituent successful its development. B&M is simply a highly differentiated concern with a beardown value-led proposition, disciplined operating exemplary and a wide accidental to thrust further growth.”

B&M besides said Jennifer Lawrence volition articulation arsenic radical group manager connected 5 May 2026, starring a recently created radical quality relations (HR) relation covering B&M UK, B&M France and Heron.

Lawrence has much than 25 years of HR experience, including roles astatine Boots Opticians and Costcutter, and astir precocious served arsenic enforcement radical and translation manager astatine Card Factory.

The retailer added that its FY26 preliminary results for the 52 weeks to 28 March 2026 are owed connected 3 June 2026.

B&M CEO Tjeerd Jegen said: “It is fantastic to person Jennifer articulation B&M successful this caller expanded role. Alongside our customers, our radical are captious stakeholders successful our business. Jennifer's assignment volition assistance america service them amended portion deepening the diverseness of endowment we are gathering crossed our leadership.

“I americium arsenic pleased we tin gully connected Peter's sizeable acquisition and expertise arsenic our interim CFO. I look guardant to moving intimately with him successful his caller role. I would similar to convey Helen for starring our concern squad connected an interim ground successful caller months. We privation her good for the future.”

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