EG Group appoints new chief financial officer
GENERAL MERCHANDISE NEWS
EG Group, the convenience retail, foodservices and fuel stations operator, has appointed Mark Segal as group chief financial officer.
With 35 years’ experience in leading public and private companies in North America, he has joined the business from the Spin Master children’s entertainment business. He spent two periods with the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer covering 20 years and was a key part of the team that successfully undertook an IPO of the business on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2015.
Prior to Spin Master, he was VP of finance and chief financial officer at Husky Injection Moulding Systems and chief operating officer at the Canada Goose clothing brand.
At EG Group, Segal will report to chief executive Russ Colaco and will be based in the US, the group’s largest market by revenue.
Colaco said: “I am delighted that Mark is joining us as our chief financial officer.
“He is a strong addition to our team, bringing significant international financial and operational experience gained in both listed and private growth-oriented companies.
“We have clear plans in place for growing the EG business and I look forward to working with Mark to deliver on them.”
Founded in 2001, EG Group has operations in nine countries, with its single biggest market by revenue being the US, followed by Europe, including Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and the UK, as well as Australia.