Ahold announced the appointment of Ben Wishart to the new role of Group Chief Information Officer. Ben will start on June 17, reporting to Jeff Carr, CFO, and will be based at Ahold's Corporate Center in the Netherlands. A British national, Ben joins Ahold from UK Food retailer Morrisons plc, where he was CIO.

Ben also served as CIO at Whitbread plc and prior to that, he worked at Tesco plc in various senior IM roles.