Super Retail Group has appointed experienced global retail executive Benjamin Ward as Managing Director, Auto. He will lead the Group's Auto division and join the Executive Leadership Team, with effect from 29 July 2019. Mr. Ward brings to Super Retail Group almost 25 years of retailing, product-sourcing, merchandise and store management expertise. He was most recently Managing Director, Global Business Coordination for ALDI Supermarkets based in Dusseldorf, Germany. Chris Wilesmith, who joined Super Retail Group in 2006, will leave the business in August 2019.