EShop World names industry heavyweights to advise on expansion

The firm, which develops software for online retailers, hires ex-Harrods and Dubai Mall executives due to ‘structural shift in retail’

Tommy Kelly, EShop World’s chief executive: Through our retail advisory council we are very pleased to collaborate with globally respected experts to help inform our growth strategy

EShop World, the Dublin-based company that develops software for retailers to run their online operations, has appointed several heavyweight industry figures to advise the sector on expanding digital businesses.

The firm said it had hired Marigay McKee, a former chief merchant at Harrods, and Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne, who ran the Dubai Mall, one of the largest malls in the world, to its retail advisory council.

The body was set up by the company to work with ...