The role was formerly managed by Pervez, before he became managing director of Bestway Wholesale and Retail in December 2018.
Prior to his new role, Burchell worked as commercial and logistics director at Bestway Retail, having originally joined Conviviality Retail in 2014 responsible for the drinks offer for Bargain Booze and Wine Rack and the convenience offer for Select Convenience.
Replacing Kenton within Bestway Retail is Mark Owen who joins in the interim position of trading director, reporting to chief retail officer for this side of the business, Andy Cresswell.
Mark joins Bestway Retail with many years of retail and trading knowledge gained from roles as commercial director and head of commercial for various categories at the Co-Operative Group and Scotmid Co-operatives Ltd.