CEO David Kneale of South Africa company, is retiring after 13 years at the helm of the retail and healthcare group.
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| David Kneale. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON |
The company "Clicks Group" said in a statement on Friday that Vikesh Ramsunder, the current COO, would
become the new CEO from January.
David Kneale, 63, will assume the role of a strategic adviser until the end of August 2019 to serve out his contractual notice period.
During his stint, the value of Clicks shares have risen 2,427% on the
JSE, far outstripping the six-member food and drug retailers’ index,
according to Bloomberg data, which excludes dividends.
The JSE all share index has gained 127% over the same period, excluding dividends, the Bloomberg data shows.
Clicks, which has a market value of R46bn competes more directly with
the likes of Dis-Chem, which recently listed on the local bourse.
Ramsunder has been with group since 1993, performing numerous roles
across its different platforms, including that of COO where he
responsible for driving the growth in Clicks’s health and beauty market
shares.
“David has built a strong executive leadership team capable of
sustaining the company’s commercial success,” chair David Nurek said in a
statement.
“Vikesh’s appointment confirms the strength and quality of our
internal talent. His proven track record and depth of experience makes
him the ideal CEO succession candidate.
Clicks shares wobbled as much as 3% in the opening trade to lows of R171 on the JSE.
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