Retail veteran Clare Empson takes on Director of Supply Chain role at N Brown Group

Fashion and homeware digital retailer, N Brown Group, has announced the appointment of Clare Empson as Director of Supply Chain. She takes over from Phil Barnes, who confirmed last year that he will retire in the spring.

Empson will join the N Brown Executive Board, holding responsibility for Operations, Distribution, Workplace, Engineering and Facilities, Health and Safety, Supply Chain MI, Solutions and Logistics Transformation.

Her appointment is part of a Group wide transformation that aims to create a customer first experience with technology at its core. She will be responsible for ensuring shoppers are provided an outstanding customer service proposition through its supply chain operations.

Empson has a range of experience across the retail sector over the past 25 years, and in leading global retail operations.

She was most recently Director of Operations at Ted Baker, where she also held senior roles within its Retail and Transformation areas during her time there.

She will commence her new role on 15th January and will report directly to N Brown’s Group CEO, Steve Johnson. 

Johnson says: “I’m delighted to be strengthening our senior team with Clare’s appointment. Clare joins at an exciting time in our transformation and her expertise will help us further deliver a first class customer service proposition.”  

Empson comments: “I’m excited to be joining such an inclusive business with a portfolio of well loved brands. As the Director of Supply Chain, I’m looking forward to playing a part in ensuring that N Brown’s customers receive an outstanding end-to-end shopping experience.”