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Pets at Home: Leadership Change
James Bailey appointed as new CEO of Pets at Home, replacing Lyssa McDowan who departed last year following profit warnings. Bailey is former Waitrose executive leading turnaround strategy.
Source: City AM
The leadership read
Leadership transitions often precede broader the sector bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 98.6 (Neutral) (down 1.4 month-on-month), EMEA is at steady (-1.1pts) on signal share.
Pets at Home: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow.
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