Marek Laskowski has been promoted to managing director of Mamas & Papas retail business.

He will report to the board of the holding company, Mamas & Papas Holdings, of the family owned business.

Laskowski will be responsible for overall profit and loss, strategy, efficiencies and sales at the retailer, which has 32 stores in the UK.

He will also pull together all the divisions that directly support retail, including visual merchandising, marketing, operations and trading calendars.

Laskowski has been with Mamas & Papas for six years and joined from Tesco, where he worked for five years.