Kingfisher COO departs for The Co-Op

Home improvement retail group Kingfisher has announced that its Chief Operating Officer (COO) Euan Sutherland is to leave the company next year to become head of The Co-operative Group after just a couple of months on the board.

Home improvement retail group Kingfisher has announced that its Chief Operating Officer (COO) Euan Sutherland is to leave the company next year to become head of The Co-operative Group after just a couple of months on the board.

Sutherland, who has been working as a non-executive director of The Co-op's food business since 2010, will leave Kingfisher's board in March 2013 to take up the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) position at the diversified retail company.

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