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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Daniel O'Boyle

Mothercare boss out after just five months in charge

Mothercare boss Daniel Le Vesconte is out with immediate effect after a five-month spell in the role in which shares fell by 40%.

Le Vesconte started in January, as Mothercare’s first chief executive in two years. But shares quickly slid and the decline became more drastic when the firm revealed it may have to issue more stock to help pay its debts last month.

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