Rowlinson Knitwear strengthens leadership team with new appointment

In a move which strengthens Rowlinson’s leadership team, the company has made the board-level appointment of Neil Ward as commercial director.

Mr Ward has more than 10 years of senior management experience within the retail and commercial banking sector. Most recently he was the area director, business banking, West and South Yorkshire at HSBC.

Rowlinson’s MD, Donald Moore, said: “Neil’s significant commercial acumen is matched by his values, energy and exemplary ethics. We became employee owned in 2015, to become closer to achieving our goal of being a great business to work with and for. Neil will be instrumental in helping us to realise this ambition and we are very fortunate to have found someone of his calibre to lead the team that drives our business forward.”

Mr Ward added: “Rowlinson Knitwear is a successful, resilient company with passionate people and a quality-driven, ethical culture. Future growth is important to the business, but its reputation for caring deeply about customers and its employees is paramount.

“I’m really looking forward to joining the business and working with the highly motivated team, as we gear up for the next exciting chapter in the Rowlinson story.”