Business heavyweight brought in to turnaround WH Smith’s fortunes
The former chief executive of Balfour Beatty has been brought in to rebuild WH Smith's fortunes, and has been given a potential £25m success bonus.
Leo Quinn will join the crisis-hit retailer as executive chairman in April.
Quinn has more than 20 years' experience as the chief executive of UK publicly quoted companies, at De La Rue, QiniteQ, and Balfour Beatty. He stepped down last year after more than a decade leading the infrastructure giant. His appointment is subject to shareholder approval.
He said: "WHSmith is a great ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
