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Appointment of Chief Operating Officer
Appointment of Chief Operating Officer.
About this update from Grainger Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 6723W Grainger PLC 13 February 2017 \n\nRNS REACH\n \n13 February 2017\n \nGrainger plc\n(\"Grainger\", the \"Company\", the \"Group\")\n \n \nAppointment of Chief Operating Officer\n \n \nGrainger plc, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, today announces that it has appointed John Kenny as Chief Operating Officer (COO). \n \nJohn Kenny's appointment builds on the strength of the executive management team, and supports the Company's Private Rented Sector growth strategy. As part of this growth plan, the Company is focused on further developing a customer-facing scalable operating platform as well as driving operational efficiency. John has been COO of Liberty Living since 2004, one of the UK's largest student housing providers with 450 staff and a portfolio of 26,500 beds. At Liberty Living, he was responsible for operating 60 different assets across 23 cities across the UK and Europe. During his time at Liberty Living, John oversaw the merging of nine business units into a single brand with streamlined and integrated operations alongside developing a bespoke online customer portal. Prior to Liberty Living, John was COO at MWB Business Exchange plc, a serviced office provider.\n \nHelen Gordon, Chief Executive, said:\n \n\"I am pleased to announce the appointment of John Kenny as Grainger's new Chief Operating Officer. John will bring with him strong experience running large operational teams for customer focused, real estate businesses. His knowledge of delivering good customer service, while achieving efficiencies through streamlined operations and the use of technology, is perfectly aligned to our current focus and therefore makes him an ideal COO for Grainger. We look forward to John joining Grainger soon.\"\n \n \nHe is expected to start in late spring. \n \n \n-ENDS-\n \n \nFor further information:\n \nGrainger plc\n \nHelen Gordon/ Vanessa Simms/ Kurt Mueller\nLondon Office Tel: +44 (0) 20 7940 9500\nNewcastle Office Tel: +44 (0) 191 261 1819\n \nCamarco (Financial PR adviser)\n \nGinny Pulbrook / Geoffrey Pelham-Lane\n+44 (0) 20 3757 4992/4985\n\nThis information is provided by RNSThe company news service from the London Stock Exchange END NRATTMJTMBIBTTR\n ","length":4215,"tagN...