31 May 2007
Jessops, the specialist photographic retailer, has announced that David Adams will join the Board as Executive Chairman with immediate effect.
David Adams, 52, brings extensive retail management and financial experience to the role, gained from over 20 years in retailing, most recently as Deputy Chief Executive and Finance Director of House of Fraser PLC and a non-executive director of Ottakars plc prior to its acquisition by HMV plc.
Before joining House of Fraser in 1997, he was Group Finance Director of Asprey plc and before that Finance Director of Texas Homecare. He also spent six years in divisional finance roles within The Burton Group plc, as the Finance Director of Dorothy Perkins and of Top Shop.
Gavin Simonds, who has been Chairman since the flotation of Jessops, steps down from the Board, the Company having secured Adams as Chairman before the intended date of Simond's retirement at the interim results.