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Morningstar
April 13, 2018
The woman who showed she could turn around WH Smith (SMWH), Kate Swann, has long since departed but her legacy of closing space on the declining High Street and expanding at thriving airports and stations continues. Results for the six months to the end of February are not the best we have seen,Ãâà...
London South East (blog)
February 27, 2018
Sorensen - a former chief executive officer of Austrian Airlines Group - serves in a number of positions across the globe including being chair of airline Air ... As part of this, Chief Executive Officer Kate Swann received a bonus worth 200% of her salary and Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Davies received aÃâà...
Sky News
February 21, 2018
The catering group, which also owns the Ritazza chain of coffee concessions, has a market value of about Ãâã3bn, having witnessed strong growth under Kate Swann, the highly regarded former chief executive of WHSmith. Investors have sounded the alarm bell over Mr Sorensen's extensive portfolio of jobs,Ãâà...
The Times
January 23, 2018
SSP. Market value Ãâã3.2bn | Net debt Ãâã262m | Earnings 20.3p. While Kate Swann was running WH Smith, she gained a reputation as a ruthless and effective cost-cutter. Since leaving to take the helm at SSP in 2013, she has put into practice a similarly pragmatic approach, famously slicing an inch off theÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
November 22, 2017
SSP Group, which operates restaurants in train stations and airports, said annual pre-tax profits climbed 37pc to Ãâã144.8m, while revenues were up 19.5pc to Ãâã2.4bn. Chief executive Kate Swann said: “We have grown our presence across the world, particularly in North America and Asia and we are pleasedÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
November 22, 2017
Chief executive Kate Swann said: “We have grown our presence across the world, particularly in North America and Asia and we are pleased with the performance of our new business in India. The company said it won significant new contracts during the year to September including at airports in Boston,Ãâà...
The Times
September 27, 2017
It's not just WH Smith's perennial sale on paperbacks, but a way of explaining the retailer's record-breaking share price. ... street shop and eyeing multiples closer to 30 times, enjoyed by the likes of the railway station pasty purveyor SSP (which is, incidentally, run by the former WH Smith boss, Kate Swann).
Telegraph.co.uk
May 18, 2017
However chief executive Kate Swann said it had redoubled its efforts to cut costs in a bid to prevent customers having to pay more for their coffee and baguettes, for example by reducing the number of suppliers it ... “We're going through a bit of a purple patch,” said Ms Swann, who previously led WH Smith.
Telegraph.co.uk
March 11, 2017
My memory of visiting Kate Swann for a chat when she ran WH Smith is dominated not by what she said, but what I saw. The retailer's old office just off Oxford Street was one of the tattiest headquarters I've ever been in. It was like being led through a store cupboard, with merchandise strewn everywhere,Ãâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 11, 2017
My memory of visiting Kate Swann for a chat when she ran WH Smith is dominated not by what she said, but what I saw. The retailer's old office just off Oxford Street was one of the tattiest headquarters I've ever been in. It was like being led through a store cupboard, with merchandise strewn everywhere,Ãâà...
The Guardian
December 8, 2014
During her time at WH Smith Swann was credited with turning it around by cutting costs, moving away from less profitable goods such as CDs and DVDs and expanding its successful travel chain, which has shops in airports and railway stations. She was replaced by her long-term deputy, Steve Clarke, whoÃâà...
The Guardian
December 9, 2013
Kate Swann, the former chief executive of WH Smith, quit the stationer this year sitting on bonus payments, shares and options worth up to Ãâã13m. Swann earned a cash bonus of Ãâã871,000 on top of Ãâã600,000 in salary and benefits for 10 months' work before her departure on 30 June this year, according toÃâà...
The Moodie Davitt Report
December 31, 1999
SSP CEO Kate Swann said: “SSP is delighted to be a Platinum Sponsor of the FAB Conference & Awards. We believe strongly in promoting our sector by supporting events such as FAB, which celebrates the best in travel F&B. As long time partners of headline sponsor Finavia, we're particularly pleasedÃâà...
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