Grainger plc announced that it has appointed David Prescott as Director of Strategy and Corporate Finance. David will join Grainger's Executive Committee and will work closely with CEO Helen Gordon on the company's strategy. He will oversee Grainger's commercial finance team, reporting into Vanessa Simms, CFO. He joins from Kempen the Dutch investment bank, having previously worked as a research analyst at Barclays bank and Aviva Investors. David is expected to join Grainger in late August 2018.