Spar has appointed former Morrisons director of category development, Jackie Mackenzie, as its new chief information officer.

Based in its head office in Harrow, Ms Mackenzie will be responsible for a number of areas such as management information, financial accounts, and supply chain and technology operations.

Spar’s new CIO’s previous roles include operations development director for trading at Morrisons and as a general manager at Asda.

Spar’s UK managing director Debbie Robinson said: “I am really excited that Jackie is joining us in this new board-level role at Spar. With Jackie’s help, we will be better able to provide analysis on consumer insight, market data and competitor intelligence, to make sure Spar stays at the forefront of UK convenience retailing.”