Amazon Fresh has appointed grocery veterans Claire Peters and Peter Bowrey to its senior leadership team.
Peters is set to take on the role of vice president of retail, while Bowrey will become the supermarkets vice president of operations.
Prior to joining Amazon, Peters held positions including chief operating officer at Tesco for nine years in Thailand and as managing director of Woolworths in Austrialia since 2017.
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Commenting of her new position on LinkedIn, Peters said: “Very excited to begin a new adventure today as the Worldwide Vice President of Amazon Fresh. I’m especially looking forward to listening to,getting to know and learning from the team as I get up to speed in this exciting business.”
Bowrey has also had experience working at leading retailer Tesco, with over 30 years in various roles and locations and before starting his new role, Bowrey was also retail director at Boots.
While both Peters and Bowrey have now started their new roles at the grocery retailer, these appointments was first announced last September.
At the time, Amazon SVP Worldwide phycial stores and speciality fulfilment, Tony Hoggett said via LinkedIn: “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.
“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.”
