Premier Investments Ltd
Richard Murray commenced as Premier Retail Chief Executive Officer on 6 September 2021, and was appointed to the Premier Board as Executive Director on 3 December 2021. Richard has over 25 years’ experience in retail and finance. Prior to joining Premier, Richard held the position of Group CEO at JB Hi-Fi Limited. Richard joined JB Hi-Fi as CFO in 2003 and took the business through the IPO process. Richard was appointed as Group CEO of JB Hi-Fi on 1 July 2014, at the age of 38. Prior to his career at JB Hi-Fi, Richard was an Associate Director in the Corporate Finance Division of Deloitte. Under Richard’s leadership, the JB Hi-Fi Group became Australia’s No. 1 Consumer Electronics, Technology and Home Appliance retailer, with revenue in excess of $8 billion. During his tenure, JB Hi-Fi’s market capitalisation grew from $1.5 billion in 2014 to circa $6 billion. In September 2016, JB Hi-Fi acquired The Good Guys for $870 million, achieving transformational strategic and financial results for the JB Hi-Fi Group.
Richard was the founding Chairman of the ARA CEO Forum and he recently retired as Inaugural Chairman of the Workplace Giving Australia Leadership Initiative, which aims to encourage Australian businesses to set up Workplace Giving Programs.
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Premier Investments Ltd
Premier Investments Limited is an Australia-based company, which operates a range of specialty retail fashion chains within the specialty retail fashion markets in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom, as well as Malaysia and Hong Kong. The Company also has investments in listed securities and money market deposits. The Company operates in two business segments: investments and retail. The Company's retail segment includes a range of specialty retail fashion chains. The Company's investments segment represents investments in securities for both long and short-term gains, dividend income and interest. The Company offers brands, including Smiggle, Peter Alexander, Just Jeans, Jay Jays, Portmans, Jacqui E and Dotti. The Company also offers brands, which include Breville, Kambrook and Sage by Heston Blumenthal. The Company's subsidiaries include Kimtara Investments Pty Ltd, Premfin Pty Ltd, Springdeep Investments Pty Ltd and Prempref Pty Ltd.