Catherine McDermott is to join Celesio UK as its new operations director, taking over the direction of the healthcare services provider’s end-to-end supply chain and logistics activities. Her brief includes overseeing the wholesaler AAH Pharmaceuticals.

McDermott joins Celesio following a four-year stint with Amazon, where she most recently worked as supply chain director. She also comes to her new role with prior experience in healthcare, having worked as operations director at Circle Health.

McDermott commented: “I’m looking forward to combining my operational and healthcare experience in a business that fully embraces the future and puts customer experience at the forefront of its plans. This is an exciting new challenge for me and I’m really pleased to be joining another market leading, innovative company.”