Kingfisher will now search for a replacement – the fourth senior appointment the retailer has made or is looking to make since Ian Cheshire took over as chief executive in January.
A Kingfisher spokesman told the Sunday Telegraph: “The company is focusing on three themes, capital, management and returns. Ian Cheshire is in the process of developing his plans to roll this out across the group. He wants to strengthen the centre and make the company behave more like an integrated retailer and less like a retail conglomerate.”
Cheshire’s restructuring so far has seen Euan Sutherland, head of Superdrug, take the role of head of Kingfisher’s UK business including B&Q.
Also, Philippe Tible, chief executive of French subsidiary Castorama, has been appointed head of the French division.
The group has yet to appoint a new head of the remaining part of the group, the international division, which includes its Chinese operation.
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