Personalised
clothing business Clothes2order has strengthened its board of directors with
three appointments to support its continued rapid growth.
Sam Jones has joined as commercial director from sports e-commerce
company Kitbag, while Simon Turner has been promoted from marketing manager to marketing
director. Operations director Paul Sellars is the third new member of the
company’s board.
Sam spent 12 years at Kitbag, where he held
a number of senior roles and was latterly the director responsible for
Kitbag.com. He takes responsibility for Clothes2order’s e-commerce, IT and
customer service operations and is overseeing the development of new revenue
streams.
Simon joined the Trafford Park firm in 2008
as a digital marketing assistant and has worked his way through the ranks. In
his new role he oversees all of the company’s sales and marketing strategies as
well as brand development.
Paul joined the company last year and has
more than 20 years’ management experience, including spells at Heinz, Northern
Foods and McBride.
Meanwhile, Clothes2order has created four
additional managerial posts and has a new head of e-commerce. Debbie Ross has
been appointed human resources manager, Michelle Harris as finance manager,
Stephen Booth as operations and engineering manager and Phil Somerville has
been promoted from web developer to the role of senior technical lead. Pradeesh Geethanunny has been recruited as
head of e-commerce from appliances retailer AO.com.
Clothes2order is the fastest-growing part
of Quayside Group, which has seen
turnover double to £9m in the past two years, with staff numbers
increasing from 28 to 110. The group is targeting annual revenues of £20m by
2017.
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