Tile boss announces exit
The CEO at Leicester-based Topps Tiles is to step down after 12 years at the helm, the firm has announced.
Matt Williams will leave the tile specialist on 29 November shortly after it reveals its full-year results.
Current chief financial officer Rob Parker will become group CEO following Williams’ departure.
Williams will remain as an advisor to the business until the end of May 2020.
He said: “It has been a really tough decision to leave Topps but I feel now is the right time for me to pursue a new challenge. Topps is, and will always remain, a very special company to both me and my family. It is a quality business with enormous strength in its specialism which it derives from its people and culture. It has been an honour and privilege to lead and work alongside everybody within the Topps family and I wish them all well for the future.”
Darren Shapland, non-executive chairman at Topps, added: “Matt has made a tremendous contribution to the business over the last 20 years and in particular over the last 12 years as chief executive. During this time he has reshaped the retail business, completed a very successful re-branding and led the investment into the commercial tile market. On behalf of the Board I wish him every success for the future.
“I am delighted that Rob Parker, our CFO for the last 12 years, has accepted the role of group CEO. Rob is very well known across the business and has established himself as a strong strategic thinker and leader of people across the organisation.”
The company, which has had a challenging and decidedly mixed year so far, will now commence its search for a new CFO.
