Royal Mail to shake up management

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Royal Mail to shake up management less than three months after flotation

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Sue Whalley will replace Mark Higson in charge of the newly-listed postal services' operations

Royal Mail has announced a management shakeup less than three months after the national postal service's flotation.

Mark Higson, managing director of operations and modernisation, will leave in July after Royal Mail's annual meeting. Higson joined in late 2007 and has directed Royal Mail's efforts to improve efficiency and service.

He will be replaced by Sue Whalley, the company's head of regulation, pricing and government affairs. Whalley, a former consultant at McKinsey & Co, joined in 2006 and was the programme manager for Royal Mail's flotation.

She will become chief operating officer but unlike Higson she will not sit on the board. Stuart Simpson, now in charge of operations in the west of the country, will be her deputy.

Moya Greene, Royal Mail's chief executive, said: "Mark's commitment and drive have been instrumental in the delivery of the first phase of our transformation programme. Sue Whalley is a very experienced executive with a great deal of knowledge of Royal Mail's main operations."

Royal Mail's head of human resources, John Duncan, is also leaving the company "to pursue new opportunities". Duncan joined in 2010 from Canada Post where he worked with Greene, who took over at Royal Mail that year.

Royal Mail said with the group's reorganisation about to enter a new phase, including automation of the parcel service, it was a logical time for Higson to go. The company ended a long-running dispute with the CWU union last month and agreed a five-year deal on post-privatisation working conditions.

The company said Higson and Duncan decided to leave but declined to comment on whether Higson, who earned £859,000 last year, would receive a payoff. His leaving terms will be disclosed in the annual report, due at least 21 days before the July AGM.

[demon]

lets hope it flows through and get rid of a load of the managers there a waste of money and space

[rainbowwarrior72]

WCM! whats the future now Higson is going?

[Red Robbo]

This is when lower management should be " crapping" themselves, how about re- applying for their present positions, some won't make the grade !!

[fishtank]

It's (mildly)interesting that John Duncan is leaving "to pursue new opportunities" but Mark Higson's reasons for leaving are not explained.

Latest betting..
Evens....He was pushed.
3-1.......Personal reasons.
10-1......He's joining TNT.
100-1....He's the new Dr Who.
1000-1...He's got a part-time job at your DO.

[clashcityrocker]

10 000-1 He's having an affair with Francois Hollande

[Pat Ostman]

Good riddance


Very strange looking man.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Good riddance


Very strange looking man.

very silence of the lambs, I always think.

[Lincox]

Time to fight fire with fire and get a woman at the helm of the CWU. Honestly could she do any worse than the present incumbents.

[rainbowwarrior72]

Moya got rid of Paul Tolhurst too. He's now working for G4S as head of ops. I know a lot of EL2 jobs are up for grabs and RM have been also recruiting externally on line too. Watch this space...

[redandblue]

How do these idiots still manage to get employed?

[Lincox]

They can speak with forked tongue.

[dvbuk55]

They can speak with forked tongue.

And that makes them very attractive to women apparently.

[Lincox]

Yes Kimosabbe