Lumber Liquidators Names New Chief Financial Officer -- Update
19 Agosto 2019 - 6:08PM
Noticias Dow Jones
By Patrick Thomas and Nina Trentmann
Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. on Monday named former Pier 1
Imports Inc. finance chief Nancy Walsh as its new chief financial
officer.
The flooring retailer said Ms. Walsh will take over the position
Sept. 9. Ms. Walsh left troubled home-decor retailer Pier 1 after
roughly a year in the role back in April. Before that she served as
CFO of The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. and worked in various finance
positions with Tapestry Inc.
Lumber Liquidators's interim CFO Timothy Mulvaney will step down
and return to his previous job as chief accounting officer, the
company said.
Lumber Liquidators' previous CFO, Martin Agard, resigned earlier
this year to pursue a new opportunity outside the company,
according to a securities filing.
His exit from the company came amid a flurry of top-level
executive departures after the company was accused of misleading
investors over harmful ingredients in its laminate flooring. In
March, the company agreed to pay $33 million in fines. Last year,
Lumber Liquidators agreed to pay $36 million to settle class-action
lawsuits over the flooring.
Its legal issues prevented the company from being as focused as
its competitors on keeping abreast of changes in the retail
industry, said Brian Nagel, a managing director at Oppenheimer
& Co., an analyst who tracks the company. The hiring of Ms.
Walsh, though, will help the company's quest to rebuild consumer
trust and to modernize its marketing and advertising efforts, he
said.
"Lumber Liquidators has been able to find a CFO that has
experience at other public companies," Mr. Nagel said. "That's a
good sign."
Ms. Walsh, who wasn't immediately available for additional
comment, is entitled to an annual base salary of $500,000 and a
$50,000 one-time sign-on bonus, Lumber Liquidators said in a
regulatory filing.
She will be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan and
receive an equity award with a value of $750,000 that will be
granted after the release of the company's third-quarter earnings,
according to the filing.
"The board and I are excited to add someone with Nancy's broad
retail and finance experience to the executive team at Lumber
Liquidators," said Chief Executive Dennis Knowles, in a statement.
"Her wealth of knowledge will assist us as we execute our
transformation plan to position the company for long term
success."
Write to Patrick Thomas at Patrick.Thomas@wsj.com and Nina
Trentmann at Nina.Trentmann@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 19, 2019 18:53 ET (22:53 GMT)
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