Directorbank places CFO at privately-owned Sandpiper CI.
SandpiperCI is the largest retailer in the Channel Islands, with a high-quality portfolio of brands covering food, clothing and specialist products. In food, it operates franchise stores for Morrisons, Iceland and M&S Jersey, along with its own chain of convenience stores. Non-food brands include Apple, Costa Coffee, Burger King and George.
The company operates over 80 stores across Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar and Spain as well as the Islands’ largest covered shopping centre, Liberty Wharf. It employs 1,100 staff, conducts 280,000 transactions a week within the Channel Islands, and supports more than 50 local suppliers.
After almost twelve successful years with the business, the incumbent CFO, Stephen Harrison, approached Directorbank’s George Heppenstall to identify a successor to enable him to make the transition to a NED role within SandpiperCI.
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“I’ve known George for many years and selected Directorbank for the assignment largely because I’ve seen him deliver many successful recruitment programmes in the past. He and Faye quickly understood the brief and produced a high-calibre shortlist, from which we were delighted to select Tony.”
Stephen Harrison
SandpiperCI