Coats has appointed John Lovell group pensions director.
Lovell is responsible for overseeing Coats’ global pension schemes as well as developing the organisation’s pension strategy and working closely with the trustees of the various schemes to ensure their effective delivery.
He has joined the organisation from Sainsbury’s, where he was head of pensions.
Lovell’s other previous roles include director of UK pensions at Lafarge UK and UK pensions manager at National Grid.