The Strategic Executive Group (SEG) is the most senior leadership team which is accountable to the Board for the day-to-day operations of the Post Office. The Group Executive changed to the SEG in February 2024.
Nick Read – Chief Executive
Nick joined Post Office as Chief Executive Officer in September 2019. Nick was most recently Group CEO at Extra Energy and prior to that CEO at Nisa Retail Limited where he led the stabilisation and transformation of the business ahead of its sale to the Co-Op in 2018.
Nick has over 25 years of consumer and commercial experience and has previously held senior roles at Tesco, Vodafone, HBOS, Lloyds Banking Group and Thomas Cook.
In his earlier career, Nick was a Consumer and Retail Strategy Manager at Deloitte Consulting, a Purchasing Director for Aldi UK and spent 4 years as Captain of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guard, H.M. Forces.
Neil Brocklehurst - Acting Chief Executive Officer
Neil has over 25 year’s experience of delivering transformational change. He joined the Post Office in July 2024 having spent the previous 15 years at Camelot Group, the operator of the National Lottery. He joined as Camelot as the UK Transformation Director before moving to the international business, performing a number of roles before becoming Managing Director.
Following this, he rejoined the UK business as Commercial Director responsible for over £8Bn of sales, before becoming CEO, leading the business through a post transaction integration. Prior to his time at Camelot Neil worked in consulting for Accenture and the Berkeley Partnership.
Karen McEwan - Group Chief People Officer
Karen joined the Post Office in September 2023 as Group Chief People Officer. Karen has an extensive executive leadership background, most recently with more than six years at McColl’s, acting as Interim Chief Executive Officer to lead the business through the administration process to the successful sale to Morrisons plc. This appointment followed a five-year period leading cultural change as their Chief People Officer and subsequently Chief Operating Officer.
Before her time at McColl’s, Karen held a variety of Director roles during a long and successful career at Tesco, which spanned general management and HR, including five years as People Director where she led the HR transformation for Tesco’s UK Operation.
Karen was recently named as a ‘woman to watch in retail’, for her achievements in diversity and inclusion.
Preetha McCann - Interim Chief Finance Officer
Preetha has a wealth of experience working in finance leadership roles in consumer facing organisations. She combines commercial and strategic insight with technical expertise to work with boards to drive growth, restructure operations and deliver change in businesses in the UK and internationally.
Preetha has worked for leading retail, consumer, online, aviation and infrastructure companies including Tesco, John Lewis, WHSmith, Heathrow and Selfridges. Preetha also has a background in professional services, where most recently, she was a partner at EY, and has previously worked for PwC and Accenture.
Andy Nice - Interim Chief Transformation Officer
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