Kirkland's Inc appoints Catherine David as President & COO

23 Mar '06

3 min read

Tennessee based leading home furnishing maker Kirkland's Inc announced that Catherine David would join the Company as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective March 22, 2006. Robert Alderson will continue as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

A 20-year retail veteran, Ms. David was most recently Senior Vice President and General Manager of Sears Essentials, Sears Grand and The Great Indoors for Sears Holding Corporation. Prior to that, she was President of The Burnes Group, formerly a division of Newell-Rubbermaid. Ms. David also enjoyed a successful 13-year career at Target Corporation, where she performed in a variety of buying, merchandise planning and store operations roles culminating in her leadership of Target's website strategy and e-commerce business as Vice President and General Manager.

All areas and all members of senior management of the Company will report to her. Ms. David will also lead the hiring of a new General Merchandising Manager for the Company.

Mr. Alderson had been serving as interim President and Chief Executive Officer pending a search for a new Chief Executive Officer. The Company's Board of Directors has determined not to pursue the search, and Mr. Alderson will continue as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board. The Board has elected Wilson Orr to serve as Chairman of the Board. An independent director since 1996, Mr. Orr is a General Partner of SSM Partners, a private equity investmentfirm, and a principal of SSM Corporation, a shareholder of Kirkland's.

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