Pets promotes pair in divisional move

ALONGSIDE its results Pets at Home promoted two of its existing executives to new roles as it moves to a new divisional structure.

Current chief financial officer Ian Kellett is becoming chief executive of the company’s retail division and Sally Hopson, previously customer and people director and head of its Vet Group, has been named CEO of the services division.

The listed Handforth-based company said the new managememt structure was being adopted in the light of its recent rapid growth and to “drive performance across the business”.

The company said Kellett would remain its CFO until a successor had been identified.

Group chief executive Nick Wood, said: “With our business growing strongly, we have decided that now is the right time to implement a new divisional structure to drive performance further. It’s a sign of our strength that we have two people of the calibre of Ian Kellett and Sally Hopson to take responsibility for our Retail and Services Divisions, as we look forward to another year of expansion and profitable growth.”