Carr, the current Group Financial Controller of Compass Group, will succeed Keith Down who announced his departure in February.

Dunelm, which appointed Nick Wilkinson, the former boss of Evans Cycles, as chief executive in February, said Down will leave the board slightly earlier than expected on May 24.

Carr will join the company in autumn, Dunelm said.

(Reporting by Radhika Rukmangadhan in Bengaluru, Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)