# JD Sports appoints Dominic Platt as Chief Financial Officer

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/jd-sports-appoints-dominic-platt-as-chief-financial-officer/4121118452
- Published: 2023-05-11T08:21:53+01:00
- Author: Amilia Stone

**[JD Sports Fashion Plc](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/ftse-company/jd-sports-fashion/jd.l)**(
LON:JD), the leading global sports-fashion retailer, has announced that Dominic 
Platt has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and as a member of the Board,
and is currently expected to join later this year.

Dominic is currently CFO of BGL Group, one of the UK’s leading digital distributors
of financial services and owner of Compare the Market. He previously held senior
finance roles at Darty Plc, where he was Group Finance Director and Managing Director
of International Businesses, and at Cable and Wireless Plc both in the UK and internationally.
Dominic has extensive experience in international consumer-focused public and private
companies, including helping to drive growth strategies and deliver successful results.
He is an independent non-executive Director at N Brown Group Plc and a Fellow of
the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Neil Greenhalgh, JD Sports’s current Group CFO, will leave the business later in
the summer having completed the publication of the Annual Report for the year to
28 January 2023 and after ensuring that an orderly transition of his responsibilities
is in place, as communicated on 12 October 2022.

> **R****é****gis Schultz, JD Sports Fashion Chief Executive Officer, commented:**
> “We are delighted to welcome Dominic to JD. He brings strong international and
> public company expertise and a wealth of experience in consumer-focused businesses.
> Having worked closely with Dominic before, I am certain his financial expertise,
> deep knowledge of governance and strategic counsel will be crucial in helping 
> to drive forward the next chapter in the global growth story of JD.
> “I would also like to thank Neil Greenhalgh for his significant contribution to
> JD’s success since he first joined in 2004, and as CFO since 2018, and wish him
> all the best for his future.”

> **Dominic Platt commented:**
> “I very much look forward to working with Régis and the team to build on JD’s 
> huge success to date and to execute on the strategy it has set out. JD has a clear
> ambition to become the leading global sports-fashion powerhouse and I am excited
> to support the Group in realising its strategic vision.”

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