TROUBLED supermarket group Morrisons appeased investors after unveiling a boardroom overhaul yesterday.
The Bradford-based chain announced the appointment of three new non-executive directors, with the promise of more to come.
The company came under increasing pressure to make changes to the senior management team, after problems with integrating the Safeway chain.
Morrisons has issued five profits warnings since buying Safeway for £3bn last year.
The announcement followed a frank exchange of views in a meeting between chairman Sir Ken Morrison, non-executive deputy chairman David Jones, and chief executive Bob Stott.
The company has appointed former Littlewoods chief executive Susan Murray, along with Nigel Robertson, who helped set up online grocery shopping operation Ocado, and Brian Flanagan, who worked for confectionery group Mars for 26 years.
It plans to recruit another director in the next month.
Sir Ken and David Jones, independent deputy chairman, are widely believed to have disagreed on the appointments, with the chairman thought to have been holding out for a bigger name to appease investors.
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