New Clicks Holdings - Michael Harvey to head integrated Clicks and Pharmacy
brand
New Clicks Holdings Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1996/000645/06)
JSE share code: NCL
ISIN: ZAE000014585
MICHAEL HARVEY TO HEAD INTEGRATED CLICKS AND PHARMACY BRAND
Cape Town - New Clicks Holdings has announced that Michael Harvey has been
appointed to head the group`s integrated Clicks and pharmacy brand, in addition
to his current responsibilities as head of retail for the group.
Harvey, 36, replaces Lara Bryant who has resigned from the group to dedicate
more time to her young family. Bryant will stay on with the group to ensure a
seamless transition with Harvey and to complete several strategic projects that
she has initiated.
New Clicks group leader, Trevor Honneysett, said Bryant`s departure was a major
loss to the group. `Lara and her team have transformed the Clicks brand over the
past two years, evidenced by the strong turnaround in the lifestyle merchandise,
the integration of pharmacy into Clicks, as well as the revitalised image of the
stores.
`Lara has developed a strong team and we are confident that the group can build
on this platform as we continue to transform Clicks into a true drugstore. We
are extremely fortunate to have someone of Michael Harvey`s calibre to assume
responsibility for our re-energised flagship brand. He is a highly experienced
retailer and inspirational leader who knows and understands the Clicks brand.`
Harvey has been with the group for 16 years. After joining Clicks as a
management trainee in 1989, he gained wide-ranging experience in store and
regional management in Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape. He was appointed
marketing director of Clicks in 2000 and brand leader of Discom in 2002.
He has led the recovery in Discom, which has seen the brand repositioned as an
African beauty and lifestyle retailer, culminating in its return to
profitability in 2004. Harvey was appointed to the newly-created position of
head of retail for the New Clicks group in June last year, and in this capacity
has overseen the integration of pharmacy into Clicks.
New Clicks also announced the appointment of Grant Heynes as brand leader of
Discom to replace Michael Harvey.
Heynes, 38, joined the group over 16 years ago as a management trainee in
Clicks, before spending four years in store management. He moved to Discom some
12 years ago and has headed the brand`s FMCG merchandise team for the past four
years.
`Grant has been an integral member of the management team that has developed the
Discom strategy around African beauty and decorative homewares. He is a
recognised industry authority on ethnic hair care and we believe his extensive
knowledge of this market bodes well for the success of the brand,` said
Honneysett.
Honneysett said he was encouraged that the brand leader positions in both Clicks
and Discom could be filled by internal candidates who had started their careers
as management trainees and worked their way through the ranks.
Cape Town
22 February 2005
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