Majestic Wine has announced the appointment of John Colley, former commercial and marketing director of B&Q, as managing director of Majestic Wine Retail. 

Majestic is the UK's largest wine specialist with 211 stores and the owner of Naked Wines, the online crowd funded wine retailer.

Mr Colley will report directly to Rowan Gormley, CEO and will be responsible for managing the Majestic Stores, including Calais. Majestic Commercial, Naked Wines and Lay and Wheeler are all run by separate MDs.