The board of Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC has today announced the appointment of Dalton Philips as its new chief executive officer, filling the vacancy created when Marc Bolland opted to take the position of CEO at fellow UK retailer Marks & Spencer.

Mr Philips joins Morrisons from Canadian food distributor, general merchandise, pharmacy and financial group Loblaw, where he had occupied the role of chief operating officer since 2007.

Prior to this, Mr Philips had been chief executive of Irish department store group Brown Thomas, as well as holding a range of commercial positions in Wal-Mart's international division.

'I am delighted that Dalton will be joining Morrisons as chief executive,' said Sir Ian Gibson, chairman at Morrisons. 'He has a tremendous retail pedigree and a wealth of experience from senior retail positions around the world. I look forward to welcoming him to the great team at Morrisons.'

Mr Philips said: 'I am really pleased to be joining Morrisons. It's an incredibly exciting business with a terrific history and I'm really looking forward to meeting the team and to the challenge ahead.'

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