FD watch – Kevin O’Byrne
Kevin O'Byrne has been appointed group finance director of Kingfisher.
O’Byrne will join the retailer on 1 October 2008, succeeding Duncan Tatton-Brown who is leaving to pursue a new career outside of the group.
O’Byrne has been poached from electrical retailing group DSG International where he has been FD since 2004.