N Brown Group non executive director Gill Barr to step down

N Brown Group Plc has announced that Gill Barr, a non-executive director, is stepping down from the company’s board, in order to focus on other professional commitments.

The company said in a release that Barr will step down from the board following the conclusion of the annual general meeting in July and will not stand for re-election.

According to the company’s website, originally appointed to the board in January 2018, Barr was appointed senior independent director in March 2021.

Barr was previously a non-executive director of Morgan Sindall Plc. Formerly she was group marketing director of The Co-operative Group, marketing director of John Lewis and spent seven years at Kingfisher plc in a variety of senior strategy, marketing and business development roles.

Barr is a non-executive director of McCarthy & Stone Plc., PayPoint plc and Wincanton plc, and also the chair of the customer challenge group for Severn Trent Water plc.