Morrisons has promoted its operations development director Joanna Goff to become its new chief financial officer.
Goff has been at the retailer for more than 10 years and replaces Michael Gleeson, who announced his departure last month.
Goff has previously served as group finance director, responsible for the Morrisons finance and procurement teams and chair of the treasury committee.
Prior to joining Morrisons she worked with PWC for 11 years.
Goff takes the financial helm at Morrisons at a pivotal time for the retailer, which this week released financial results including a warning over the impact of inflation and war in Ukraine.
The Grocer reported this week new owners Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) are looking to speed up a process to refinance the company’s debt as it looks to negotiate better terms with lenders after its £7bn takeover in October.
“Jo is a great example of the new generation of home-grown talent that is rapidly progressing at Morrisons and I’m very pleased to appoint her to such a crucial role,” said Morrisons CEO David Potts.
“Jo is widely experienced, having held a number of senior financial and strategic roles at Morrisons and in all of them has made a very significant contribution to the business. I look forward to welcoming her to our board and to working closely with her in the next phase of our development.”
Goff said: “I’m really pleased to have been asked to be Morrisons chief financial officer at such an important time in our history. This is a great business with outstanding people and a clear purpose and I’m looking forward to starting the new role.”
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