Appointments: Operations director at Makro; New chairman for accountants;
ECCLES-based wholesaler and part of the Metro Group, Makro, has appointed Patrick Legro to the role of UK operations director.
Mr Legro, who was previously the operations director at Makro Greece, has been with the Metro Group for over ten years.
Mr Legro began working for the group in 1999 at Makro Poland as a management trainee. He moved to Romania to take up a position as store manager, before progressing to regional manager in 2001. He was later appointed sales manager at Metro Vietnam and progressed to the role of operations director a year later.
In his new role, Mr Legro will be responsible for overseeing the company’s future store programme, which will see eight stores revamped this summer, as well as ensuring that the store network operation is geared up to support the company’s marketing campaigns.
Hannes Floto, managing director, said: “This is our third Board appointment in a matter of months and signifies how strongly we are investing in the future of Makro UK. Patrick is Makro “through and through” and it is this level of experience that will help us achieve our objectives.”
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THE Chester and North Wales District Society of Chartered Accountants has
elected Nick Jenkins as chairman.
Mr Jenkins is one of two partners at the Chester office of accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young.
He trained as a chartered accountant with Spicer and Pegler in Manchester in 1987. He then moved to London with the firm, staying until 1989. He returned to Chester and joined Haswell Brothers and Co, now UHY Hacker Young, where he became a partner in 1990.
He has expertise in the rural and private client sector, family companies, succession and IHT planning. In addition, Mr Jenkins spends time on auditing local councils in North Wales and liaising with the Wales Audit Office and Welsh Assembly.
