ProCook Group PLC - Gloucester-based kitchenware retailer - Names Lee Tappenden as its chief executive officer after an external search process, starting in early October. Tappenden will bring ‘extensive leadership, retail and consumer experience, having spent over 25 years with Walmart Stores and Asda, where he held a range of senior management roles’. He is currently the president of Amyris International, part of the Nasdaq-listed synthetic biology company which produces sustainable beauty and health ingredients and operates its own family of consumer brands.

Last month, Daniel O’Neill said he would step back from the CEO role. He will remain in the role until Tappenden joins.

Chair Greg Hodder says: ‘I would like to extend a very warm welcome to Lee as our new CEO. With his extensive leadership, retail and consumer background, his experience will be invaluable in leading ProCook through its next stage of development as we grow the business.’

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