By
Reuters
Published
Feb 25, 2015
SuperGroup Plc, the owner of the Superdry fashion brand, said on Wednesday its finance chief Shaun Wills had quit after being declared bankrupt two weeks ago.
Wills, who is a qualified accountant, was made the subject of a personal bankruptcy order on Feb. 10, the company said, but it did not find out about it until Feb. 24.
“This is a personal matter … and is wholly unrelated to the financial position of the company,” SuperGroup said in a statement on Wednesday.
It is a criminal offence for a bankrupt person to act as a company director.
The seller of Superdry jackets, hooded tops and check shirts said it had appointed Nick Wharton, previously chief executive of Dunelm Group and…
