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Kate McCrae

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Retail Director UK at Co-op
📍 United Kingdom

As Retail Director at Co-op, Kate McCrae provides strategic leadership for a 2, 400-store network and a team of 42, 000. People who have worked with her describe her as a proactive, authentic, and natural leader. She is an alumna of the University of Strathclyde, where she studied personnel and development.

Kate is passionate about supporting local communities and positive futures for young people, demonstrated through her engagement with local causes and Co-ops partnership with Barnardos. She believes in creating stores that serve as community hubs, contributing directly to local life and meeting the needs of the community.

She provides strategic leadership for an operation with an annual turnover of £7. 8 billion.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Retail Director UK
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
United Kingdom
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Retail Operations
Oversees a network of 2, 400 stores and is focused on driving efficiency, transformation, and developing the retail operating model for Co-op.
Community Engagement
Actively supports local causes and advocates for stores to be more than shops, serving as hubs that contribute to local life and community needs.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Retail Director UK
Co-op
9-2022 - 1-2025
Operations Director
Co-op
9-2021 - 9-2022
Divisional Managing Director
Co-op
2-2002 - 5-2010
Multi-site Store Manager
Somerfield
4-2000 - 4-2002
Deputy store manager
Somerfield
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Education
2001 - 2002
Chartered institute of Personnel & Development
University of Strathclyde
1991 - 1997
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Holyrood Secondary School
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