LIDL GB UPDATES ON LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH NEW APPOINTMENTS

• Maciej Tylkowski, currently Chief Operating Officer at Lidl Poland, is joining Lidl GB Board of Directors and will become joint Chief Operating Officer (COO)
• Nan Gibson, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Lidl GB will take up the position of Senior VP HR Concepts at Lidl Stiftung and Stephanie Rogers, currently Director of Employee Lifecycle and Experience will take over as CHRO at Lidl GB 
• New appointments announced as discounter makes additional £13m investment increasing pay rises for colleagues from this month

6 March 2023: Lidl GB has today announced a number of new appointments and updates to its leadership team.

Maciej Tylkowski is joining Lidl GB’s Board of Directors and will become joint Chief Operating Officer. He will be responsible for Lidl GB’s supply chain, working closely with current COOs Matt Heslop and Tim Ulbrich who oversee Lidl GB’s sales and logistics teams.

Currently Chief Operating Officer at Lidl Poland, Maciej has worked at Lidl for almost 23 years, serving as an executive board member for the past 17 years.

After completing an MA in Foreign Trade at the University of Lodz, he joined Lidl Germany as a store assistant before rising to senior management positions. In 2001 Maciej moved back to Poland where he played a leading role in opening the first Lidl stores in his home country. In recent years he has been responsible for creating and overseeing its central sales departments, supporting the operations of stores.

Separately, Nan Gibson – currently Chief Human Resources Officer at Lidl GB – has been promoted to the position of senior VP HR Concepts at Lidl Stiftung, effective 1 April 2023.

Since September 2016, in her time as Lidl GB’s CHRO, Nan has been responsible for supporting the growth and cultural development of the company. She has overseen Lidl’s investment in pay and recruitment with two wage rises last year totalling a combined £50 million investment for store colleagues. Before her departure, the discounter has confirmed that it will invest an additional £13 million in pay rises for Lidl GB colleagues from this month. This includes salaried colleagues, as well as hourly-paid colleagues outside of the M25 who will see entry level pay rates increase from £10.90 to £11.00 an hour.

Nan will be succeeded by Stephanie Rogers, currently Director of Employee Lifecycle and Experience, who – since joining Lidl GB in 2022 – has been focused on enhancing the colleague experience and working on recruitment, development, career progression, along with employer brand and engagement.

Ryan McDonnell, CEO at Lidl GB, said: “I’m delighted Maciej and Steph are joining our Board of Directors. In their new positions they both bring a wealth of experience and will be instrumental in further bolstering our growth. 

“I’d also like to congratulate Nan on her new role. Nan has played an enormous part in our growth, fostering our talent and making us one of the best employers in the country. I’d like to thank her both personally and on behalf of all our colleagues here at Lidl GB, and wish her the best of luck for the future.”

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About Lidl GB

Since establishing itself in Great Britain in 1994, Lidl GB has experienced continuous growth and today has over 28,000 employees, over 950 stores and 13 distribution centres in England, Scotland and Wales.

As part of the Schwarz retail group, Lidl is one of Europe’s leading organisations in the food retail industry. The supermarket, which has more than 360,000 employees globally, currently operates approximately 12,000 stores and more than 200 warehouses and distribution centres in 31 countries.

The supermarket takes pride in providing its customers with the highest quality products at the lowest possible prices throughout Great Britain, from Kirkwall to the Isle of Wight. Social responsibility and sustainability are at the core of the company's daily operations, with the company placing a strong emphasis on its responsibility for people, society, and the environment. Lidl GB is passionate about working with British producers and sources two thirds of its products from British suppliers.

The Schwarz Group, which operates worldwide as a retail group, generated a turnover of €133.6 billion in the financial year 2021.

For more information about Lidl GB visit: https://corporate.lidl.co.uk/