Alliance Boots merger complete — and new company logo revealed
From left: Stefano Pessina, Richard Baker, Steve Duncan and Ornella
Barra |
Boots Group and Alliance UniChem's merger was completed this week and a new Alliance Boots group created. The group operates in more than 15 countries with a network of 2,700 pharmacies.
In the UK, it has approximately 1,500 community pharmacies and has established
a new UK corporate headquarters in central London — run by a small
team of staff from the Boots office in Nottingham and the Alliance UniChem
office in Weybridge.
In addition, a range of Boots own brand products has been launched in
500 Alliance pharmacies in the UK and the group will begin selling its
range of proprietary products, including its Almus generics range, in
international markets. There may be no other obvious changes for a while.
Richard Baker, chief executive of Alliance Boots and formerly chief executive
of Boots Group, said that the group’s priority for the moment is
to continue with business as usual. Although the group has developed
a new logo and there are plans to move to the use of one logo over time,
trading fascias will not change immediately.
At the group’s launch it was announced that Stefano Pessina, formerly
executive deputy chairman, Alliance UniChem, will hold the same position
at Alliance Boots. George Fairweather is the group’s finance director,
Ornella Barra is wholesale and commercial affairs director and Steve
Duncan is community pharmacy director. |
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