WH Smith's Louis de Bourgoing to Retire

Louis de Bourgoing, WH Smith's international chairman and business development director, will retire next month after nine years with the company, which said "a replacement will be announced in due course with De Bourgoing to work with the chain on a consultancy basis," the Bookseller reported. Prior to joining WH Smith, De Bourgoing spent 11 years at Lagardère Services and before that was deputy CEO at Hachette Livre.

"When Louis joined WH Smith, the company had one overseas store," said international managing director Phil McNally. "In nine years, Louis has been instrumental in the international expansion of WH Smith; we now have over 315 WH Smith stores in 30 countries, not including the recent InMotion acquisition in North America. We would like to thank Louis for everything he has achieved during his time at WH Smith, he leaves behind a strong legacy."

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