HR director joins B&Q board

HR director Liz Bell has been appointed to the board of home retailer B&Q with immediate effect.

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Bell has been responsible for the HR function for the past nine months, reporting to Martyn Phillips, retail operations director. Phillips previously represented HR on the board.

Bell joined the B&Q leadership team four years ago from Rubicon, where she was HR director for clothes chain Principles. Euan Sutherland, chief executive of Kingfisher UK and B&Q, said: “This appointment underpins our strategy to keep B&Q a global leader as a great place to work.”