Manchester-based online fashion and home goods retailer N Brown Group announced that Rachel Izzard intends to step down as group chief financial officer. 

“Rachel will be leaving the group to take up a career opportunity outside of the online fashion and consumer credit industry,” said N Brown.

“The process to identify Rachel’s successor is underway.

“Rachel has agreed to work her 12 month notice period whilst a successor is identified and a further announcement in this respect will be made in due course.”

Izzard previously worked for Aer Lingus and British Airways.

N Brown’s five core brands are Simply Be, Jacamo, JD Williams, Ambrose Wilson and Home Essentials.