Ocado has appointed Andrew Harrison, the current deputy chief executive of DixonsCarphone, as a new non-executive director, fuelling ongoing rumours that an acquisition by e-commerce Amazon is on the cards.
Harrison has plenty of experience when it comes navigating the shaky terrain of merging to massive companies, having been at the helm of Carphone Warehouse when it struck the £3.5bn merger deal with Dixons in 2014.
The combined DixonsCarphone is now held up as one of the most successful mega-mergers in recent history, with the combined entity posting strong results in the immediate aftermath of the deal. It’s a trend Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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