Pets at Home Group Plc announced the appointment of Lyssa McGowan as Group Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 June 2022. Lyssa will succeed Peter Pritchard, who announced his intention last November to step down from his role in Summer 2022 and will remain with the business until 31 May 2022 to ensure a seamless transition. Lyssa will be appointed to the Board as CEO Designate on 25 April 2022 prior to her appointment as CEO on 1 June 2022.

Lyssa is the outgoing Chief Consumer Officer at Sky UK Limited, with responsibility for the Consumer business serving more than 10 million customers and achieving over $10 billion of revenue. Over the last 11 years, Lyssa has led numerous business units to growth within Sky, both organically and through M&A. She has broad experience of managing product, service and subscription-led businesses, leveraging deep capabilities in new product and service innovation, omnichannel development, marketing and customer experience excellence, and data and digital transformation. Lyssa was a non-executive director of the Board of Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc until its recent sale to CD&R.