Dixons Carphone has appointed Alex Baldock as its new group chief executive. Due to join the business from April 2018, Mr Baldock will succeed Sebastian James who is leaving the company to join Boots.
Mr Baldock is currently group chief executive of Shop Direct, the owner of Littlewoods.com and Very.co.uk.
Chairman of Dixons Carphone, Ian Livingston said: "On behalf of the board and all our colleagues, I would like to thank Seb for all that he has done over the past six years as CEO of first Dixons Retail and now Dixons Carphone. We wish him every success in his new role.
"The board and I are delighted to welcome Alex Baldock to the group. He has an outstanding track record in leading large, complex consumer-facing businesses."
The news comes as Dixons Carphone announced that group like-for-like sales rose by 6% in the ten weeks to 6 January. Like-for-like sales in the UK and Ireland were up 3% in the period while sales in the company’s Nordic and Greek businesses climbed by 11% and 23% respectively.
