M&S Reliance India MD Venu Nair becomes new commercial officer for Trent Ltd

Trent Ltd has appointed Venu Nair, Managing Director of Marks & Spencer Reliance India, as the new chief commercial officer for the Tata Group’s retail arm that operates Westside department chain and Star Bazaar supermarket network.

Nair is expected to join Trent by the end of April. He will report to Philip Auld, who took over as the chief executive of the BSE-listed company three years ago.

Established in 1998, Trent currently operates dozens of Westside department stores and Trent Hypermarkets Ltd, Tata’s joint venture with Tesco that operates the Star Bazaar hypermarkets and Star Daily supermarkets.