East of England Co-op’s Post

Today, the East of England has announced a strengthening of its focus on operational excellence through the appointment of Andy Rigby as Acting CEO (Chief Executive Officer) for a minimum of 12 months. This leadership alignment re-enforces the East of England Co-ops commitment to accelerating its growth as the leading regional retailer and reaffirm its commitment to its communities. Andy joined the East of England Co-op in early 2022 as COO (Chief Operations Officer) and has over 40 years’ leadership experience in senior executive roles across a range of formats - in UK, EU and international markets. Joy Burnford, President of the East of England Co-op, commented: “Andy has proven himself to be a force for good in many ways for our Society in the time he has been with us; we welcome his appointment as we continue on our journey together to make a bigger difference in our communities and return to sustainable profit.” Andy commented: ”It is an honour to lead the East of England Co-op on our exciting journey which will continue at pace. Our focus remains on our customers, our colleagues, our members and our communities who we take great pride in supporting and serving, now and in the future. I’d like to thank our 3,000 incredible colleagues who continue to work so hard for our co-op and our Board too for their continued support, I’m excited and proud to continue to work closely with them to deliver our strategy. We’ve come a long way in a short-time and we have lots to be excited about.”

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All the best Andy well deserved a good fit 👍👏🏻👏🏻you will make a great difference and a good one

DENIS O'LEARY

Pharmacy Sales Broker

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Andy very well done in your New Appointment of acting CEO of the East of England Co-op Group. Onwards and Upwards very best of luck for the Future. Best wishes Denis

Stuart Wiggans

Chief Compliance Officer | Strategic Change | Programme Management | Risk, Incident & Crisis Management | Audit | Retail | Hospitality | Leisure | Healthcare

2w

Andy. That is amazing news and well deserved. Hope you are keeping well.

Delighted to have the opportunity to work more closely with you Andy!

Simon Dryell

Head of Central Operations

2w

An outstanding appointment, we’re very lucky to have you Andy. Definitely exciting times ahead 🙌Thank you for all that you do for us

Jennie Court

General Store Manager at Asda Farnworth

2w

Great news Andy, well deserved 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Andrew Dawes

Experienced Transport & Logistics Management Professional & Charity Trustee

2w

Good to see East of England Co-op heading back into a retail led leadership. I was always very disappointed not to see the CEO role go to Roger Grosvenor when the collegiate leadership was disbanded. As a retail leader he was ideally placed to take the business forward and had the support of customers & staff. But good luck Andy, and very best wishes

Alan Jackson

Head of Retail Operations at Radstock Co-operative Society

2w

Congratulations Andy, wishing you every success which I’m sure you will have. Best, Alan

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