NHS Supply Chain is delighted to announce the appointment of Duncan Kendal as a non-executive director to Supply Chain Coordination Ltd.’s (SCCL) Board. Duncan Kendal joins the SCCL Board on 1 September for a three-year term.
Duncan is the Chief Supply Chain Officer for the Wolseley Group and brings a wealth of supply chain and change leadership experience having worked for a number of well-known traditional and e-commerce retailers including Wickes, Amazon.co.uk and Argos.
His responsibilities at the Wolseley Group, a c£2.5 billion privately owned merchanting business, include overseeing: inventory, physical distribution, transport, customer fulfilment and property. His achievements include redesigning the network and removing significant logistics costs whilst increasing the productivity and quality controls within the distribution centres.
Duncan is also a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Logistics and Transport and holds an MSc in Supply Chain Management from Cranfield University
Heather Tierney-Moore OBE, Chair of the SCCL Board said:” I am looking forward to welcoming Duncan to NHS Supply Chain as a non-executive director and adding to the phenomenal talent around our board table.
“He joins us at an exciting time for NHS Supply Chain as we take forward our vision and strategy to meet the changing needs of the NHS. Our ambition is to provide greater value to our NHS partners and strengthen our contribution to transformation of care and patient safety.”
Duncan said:” I am excited to be joining NHS Supply Chain and bringing my supply chain sector experience as the organisation seeks to transform its supply chain to increase agility and build more resilience while limiting the environmental impact.
“I am greatly looking forward to meeting and collaborating with colleagues across the organisation as well as building relationships with new stakeholders.”
Duncan joins existing NEDs on the SCCL board Heather Benjamin, Rommel Pereira and Mark Swyny.
An additional NED appointment focussing on data and digital transformation is currently progressing and will be announced shortly.
Date: 29 August