Amy Stirling will join Next as an independent non-executive director on 2nd April, the retailer reports.
Amy is the CFO of Hargreaves Lansdown, a financial services company and a constituent of the FTSE 250. She has significant financial and strategic leadership experience in client-facing businesses across the telecommunications and financial services sectors, plus considerable transformation and M&A experience at both executive and non-executive levels, and is a qualified chartered accountant.
Amy was previously CFO of the Virgin Group, and other previous appointments include non-executive director and chair of the audit committee at Pets at Home Group, director at RIT Capital Partners, CFO of The Princes Trust, and CFO at TalkTalk Telecom Group.
Upon appointment, Amy will become a member of the Next's nomination, audit and remuneration committees.