The Warehouse Group has announced major changes to its boardroom, including the appointment of Ted van Arkel as chairman replacing Graham Evans, after the company's annual meeting on November 22. Evans has been with the company for 15 years and has served as chairman for the past three years. Director Janine Smith also announced she would retire from the board after the meeting.

John Journee and Vanessa Stoddart joined the board as replacements for Evans and Smith. Previously, Stoddart, 42, was Air New Zealand's general manager of technical operations and people for almost 10 years and a key driver of the cultural transformation at the airline Journee had been Noel Leeming's chief executive for the past four years before moving into a role developing new business opportunities for the Warehouse in August. Journee would continue in the development role into the new year.

Because of his current and recent involvement with the company Journee was a non-independent executive director of the company.