19-12-2006
Nick Wilkinson new member of Maxeda Executive Board.
Nick Wilkinson will join the Maxeda Executive Board by February 2007 and will become responsible for the Do-it-yourself Group. This comprises the Dutch chains Praxis and Formido and the Belgian chains Brico and Brico Plan-It. Nick Wilkinson succeeds Peter Verveen, who has resigned as a member of the Maxeda Executive Board effective 31 December 2006 for health reasons.
Nick Wilkinson comes from DSG International, where he was Group Managing Director, responsible for New Business. Prior to this, he was Group Managing Director, responsible at various times for the Dixons, Currys and the Link retail formats in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Nick Wilkinson began his career in marketing at Unilever and has worked at McKinsey.