Brings female Board representation to 50%.
Kathee Tesija has joined the Woolworths Board as a non-executive director. As a US resident, she is also an independent director of the Verizon Communications, and a senior advisor and consultant for consultancy agency, Simpactful.
Tesija (pictured above) led the merchandising and supply chain functions at Target in the US from 2008, and was the chief merchandising and supply chain officer and executive vice president when she left the company in 2015.
Woolworths’ chairman, Gordon Cairns, said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), “I am delighted to have someone with the depth of Kathee’s retailing experience join the Board. Her expertise, particularly in the merchandising and supply chain management, as well as her international perspective, will be a great resource. We will now have a 50% representation of women on the Board of Woolworths.”