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Post Office appoints new Strategic Partnerships Director to support and deepen relationships with its retail partners
- Katie Secretan appointed as Strategic Partnerships Director with focus on deepening engagement with its strategic retail partners and forming new and innovate partnerships for the future
- Joins from Costa Coffee where Katie was Partnerships Director UK and Ireland. Other notable roles held at Capita and O2
- Around 2,000 Post Office branches operated by strategic retail partners including McColl’s, WH Smith, Co-Op and Tesco
- Strategic Partnerships Director is a newly created role at Post Office
Katie Secretan has been appointed to the newly created role of Strategic Partnerships Director at Post Office.
Formerly Partnerships Director UK and Ireland at Costa Coffee, Katie will be responsible for broadening and deepening Post Office’s engagement with its current strategic retail partners to ensure customers continue to benefit from access to its mails and parcels services, banking services and bill payments. In parallel Katie will set the strategy to extend the reach of Post Office services through new and innovative partners to meet customers’ needs both now and in the future.
Katie Secretan, Strategic Partnerships Director at Post Office, said:
“I’m excited to be taking on this new role to support our partners at a time when traditional retailers are facing some of the toughest trading conditions seen for many years. We generate significant footfall for our retail partners. I am committed to working even more closely together, to maximise revenues whilst continuing to provide essential services to the local communities that rely on them. We are an attractive partner for retailers and others, and we’ll be exploring new partnerships in the New Year too.”
Dan Zinner, Chief Operating Officer at Post Office, said:
“I’m delighted to have appointed Katie to this important position. Some of our retail partners are having a challenging time at the moment and it’s important they know there’s a dedicated team at Post Office working to make sure operating our services are as straightforward as possible.”
Post Office has 11,500 branches with around 2,000 Post Office branches operated by strategic retail partners including McColl’s, WH Smith, Co-op and Tesco.
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- With over 11,500 branches, Post Office has the biggest retail network in the UK, with more branches than all the banks and building societies combined.
- Post Office is helping anyone who wants cash to get it whichever way is most convenient. Partnership with over 30 banks, building societies and credit unions means that 99% of UK bank customers can access their accounts at their Post Office.
- Cash withdrawals, deposits and balance enquiries can be made securely and conveniently over the counter at any Post Office; and the biggest investment by any organisation or company in the last decade is being made to safeguard 1,400 free-to-use ATMs across the UK.
- Post Office is simplifying its proposition for Postmasters with a focus on its cash and banking; mails and parcels; foreign exchange; and bill payments services.
- Research has found that visits to the Post Office help drive another 400 million visitors to other shops, restaurants and local businesses equating to an estimated £1.1 billion in additional revenue for High Street businesses.
- 99.7% of the population live within three miles of a Post Office; and 4,000 branches are open seven days a week.
