Retail company AS Watson Group has appointed Kulvinder Birring as CEO of Marionnaud Group and Gabriele Betti as Deputy CEO. Marionnaud Group is a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings.
Birring has been CEO of Watsons China since 2018. Before that, he led Watsons operations as Managing Director of Malaysia and Indonesia.
In his new role as CEO of Marionnaud Group, he will manage Marionnaud’s portfolio of more than 730 stores in eight European markets.
Betti, who is currently Managing Director, Marionnaud France, Italy and Central Europe, will be promoted to Deputy CEO of Marionnaud Group. He has been with Marionnaud for 16 years.
Birring will be succeeded by Fred Chan and Vivian Nie as Co-Managing Directors of Watsons China.
Chan joined Watsons China in 2011 as Operations Director of South China, and was most recently General Manager of Sales Operations.
Nie joined Watsons China in 2018 as Marketing Director. In 2021, she was appointed General Manager, Customer Growth, and last year took on additional responsibility for the trading function.
Watsons claims to be the leading health and beauty retailer in Mainland China, with more than 3,800 stores.
The appointments are effective from April 2024.
