Carr leaves First Group for finance role at Royal Ahold

Jeff Carr

Jeff Carr

First Group finance director Jeff Carr is leaving to become chief financial officer of Dutch international retailing group Royal Ahold. Carr spent four years as finance director at EasyJet before moving to First in 2009.

Also at First, Vernon Barker joins the executive management team below board level as managing director of the UK Rail division. The post was filled by group chief executive Tim O’Toole  since the departure of Mary Grant in March. Barker has been managing director...