A retail industry veteran who has run River Island and The White Company has been appointed as chairman of a budding interiors brand.
Will Kernan, 54, is joining Neptune to support Aalish Yorke-Long, its new chief executive, in executing the retailer’s growth plans.
Kernan, who will continue to chair Biscuiteers, a luxury biscuit business, most recently spent three years as chief executive of River Island, the high street fashion chain. Before that he was the boss of Wiggle Chain Reaction Group, an online sportswear specialist, and of The White Company, which sells soft furnishings and linen.
Neptune is a privately owned interiors brand founded in 1996 by John Sims-Hilditch, 58, and Giles Redman, 54, who remain on its board as non- executives. The
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