Amazon Fresh has hired ex-Boots retail director Peter Bowrey as vice-president of the retailer’s US stores.
Bowrey worked for Tesco for over 30 years across various functions and internationally.
He was most recently Retail Director at Boots leaving the company after three years to join Amazon Fresh.
It was also announced that Claire Peters, previously MD at Woolworths, will be appointed vice-president for Amazon Fresh’ worldwide operations.
In a LinkedIn post, Tony Hoggett, SVP Worldwide Physical Stores & Speciality Fulfilment, Amazon, said: “I’m excited to announce Claire and Peter are joining our growing Amazon Physical Stores leadership team.”
“Both Claire and Pete will join Amazon in early 2023, bringing decades of grocery, international and multi-channel retail experience.”
He added: “I’m inspired by the Amazon Physical Stores and Speciality Fulfilment leadership team we have in place, and we’re all looking forward to growing the business together with our two new members.”
Filling Bowrey’s previous position at Boots is ex-Asda COO Anthony Hemmerdinger as executive retail director.
