Gloucestershire Echo

Procook appoints ex-hobbs executive

» KITCHENWAR­E brand Procook has appointed a new non-executive director and remunerati­on committee chair.

Meg Lustman is taking over from Luke Kingsnorth, who is stepping down from the board to focus on other profession­al commitment­s.

He will leave the Gloucester head quartered group on June 25, the company has announced, and Ms Lustman will take up the role on the same date.

She will also become a member of Procook’s nomination committee and the audit and risk committee.

Ms Lustman has more than 35 years of retail experience and was previously chief executive of British fashion brand Hobbs.

She has also held senior positions at a number of UK retailers including John Lewis, Warehouse, and Aurora/ Mosaic Fashions.

She is currently a non-executive director of N Brown Group and chair of its remunerati­on committee and interim chair of the nomination­s and governance committee.

She is also vice chair of Court, chair of the remunerati­on committee at Glasgow Caledonian University and chair of St Luke’s Hospice (Harrow and Brent).

Greg Hodder, Procook chair, said: “We are delighted to welcome Meg to the Procook board, as she brings a wealth of retail experience, having led the UK and internatio­nal growth of some of the UK’S best-known retailers. This will be invaluable to the business as we continue to build on the growing momentum in our performanc­e.”

“In addition, I would like to thank Luke for the consistent­ly high quality of his contributi­on to the board during his time with us, since our IPO.”