Jack Wills gets chief finance officer from Jigsaw

Jack Wills, the British preppy clothes retailer, has poached Jigsaw's Chief Finance Director Claire Wain for the same role.

Claire Wain had joined Jigsaw, the upmarket clothing chain, in July 2017 as Finance Director and was promoted to Chief Finance Director later that year. She also has prior experience at Mothercare, John Lewis, Harrods, Arcadia and KPMG.

Her appointment follows that of Suzanne Harlow to CEO, following a dispute last year between the founder and former chief executive Peter Williams and BlueGem Capital partners, the private equity firm which controls the company.

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