Co-op quick commerce managing director Chris Conway has left the business.
Conway’s decision to step away from the retailer was first reported by The Grocer. He told the publication that his time with the Co-op had “come to an end”.
He said: “I’m proud of what we achieved during a period of significant growth and operational challenge, particularly establishing q-commerce as a meaningful part of the online grocery landscape and leading the business through the cyber disruption with resilience and focus.
“I’m grateful for the opportunity to have worked with such committed colleagues and am taking some time with family before considering my next move.”
Conway had been with the c-store specialist since 2018, when he joined from grocery chain Morrisons. He was responsible for transforming the Co-op’s ecommerce capabilities, helping build its digital business into a key pillar of growth under the Co-op’s current senior management team and chief executive Shirine Khoury-Haq.
His departure from the business is the latest in a stream of high profile exits at the retailer.
Since the Co-op created its new Group Commercial Logistics division, led by former food boss Matt Hood, chief commercial officer Sinead Bell, propositions director Adele Balmforth and managing director for growth and business to business Jerome Saint-Marc have all left the business.
Having dealt with the hugely damaging cyber attack, which laid the business low last year, the Co-op has started 2026 with fresh controversy, following the publication by the BBC last week of a letter claiming a “toxic workplace culture” at the retailer.
The Co-op has strenuously denied the allegations.
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