Signet Jewellers has introduced the appointment of Sandra Cochran to its board of administrators.
The board additionally appointed Cochran as a member of the Human Capital Administration and Compensation Committee.
Her appointment quickly elevated the scale of the board from 12 to 13 members, 12 of whom are unbiased.
This comes as the corporate transitions towards tenure limitations being reached on the board beneath the corporate’s director tenure coverage.
Cochran brings to Signet greater than 25 years of retail expertise, most not too long ago serving as president and chief government officer of Cracker Barrel Outdated Nation Retailer.
She held this position from September 2011 till November 2023 when she grew to become government chair of the corporate and served in such a place till 22 February 2024.
H. Todd Stitzer, board chairman, stated: “Sandy’s wealthy background in retail, coupled along with her sturdy government management expertise and deep monetary experience, will make her an extremely useful member of the Signet board of administrators.
“She embodies the mix of expertise we have to proceed to construct the Signet of the long run. I’m thrilled to welcome Sandy to the Board and consider that her expertise in crucial areas like advertising, threat administration and strategic planning will assist to additional assist Signet’s transformation, led by CEO Gina Drosos.”
Cochran added: “I’m delighted to affix the Signet Board and see a lot overlap between the work that I led at Cracker Barrel and the main target that Signet has on investing within the buyer expertise and leveraging loyalty, know-how and personalization to assist drive the enterprise. I stay up for serving to Signet execute on its strategic priorities whereas additionally persevering with to Encourage Love world wide.”
