Poundland has appointed Shaun Wills, formerly of Superdry and M&S, as its new chief finance officer, to start in July.
Wills twice held the finance chief position at Superdry, initially from 2012 to 2015 and then again from 2021 to 2024. In between the two stints he was finance director for clothing & home at M&S from 2018 to 2021.
He is joining Poundland from De Beers Group, where he has been finance chief since 2024.
At Poundland he is replacing Mark Jackson, who was brought in by MD Barry Williams in January 2025 to help with the sale and restructure of the retailer. Jackson, a former Wilko chief executive, is leaving following the completion of the restructure.
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Wills, whose appointment was reported first by Sky News, ended his first term at Superdry after being declared bankrupt over debts to HMRC. The bankruptcy was annulled when he repaid a sum reported to have been around £160,000.
Wills has worked in retail since the 1990s, having also previously served at Debenhams, New Look, Fat Face and Habitat.
Poundland was sold by Pepco Group in June last year to its current owner investment firm Gordon Brothers, and subsequently embarked on a restructure involving the closure of 68 of its roughly 800 stores. Further closures left it with an estate of about 650 stores by January 2026.
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