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As electrical giant Dixons merges with Carphone Warehouse, we take a more detailed look at the changes taking place to the company structure.Chairman, Sir Charles Dunstone
The founder and chairman of Carphone Warehouse will become chairman of the group. Entrepreneur Dunstone set up Carphone Warehouse 25 years ago and has built it into a £3.7bn business, which operates over 2000 stores across Europe.
He floated the business in 2000 and launched internet and television firm Talk Talk in 2003. Dunstone has been described as pragmatic, honest and a shrewd operatorCo-deputy chairman, Roger Taylor
Taylor, Dunstone's right hand man, takes on the role he holds at Carphone Warehouse. He was previously chief executive of Carphone Warehouse from 2010 until last year and was chief financial officer beforehand. During his time at the helm he was responsible for new business development, strategic initiatives and investor relations. He oversaw Carphone's ill-fated joint venture with Best Buy during his tenure.Co-deputy chairman, John Allan
Allan, chairman of Dixons, will level peg with Taylor. Allan has been chairman of Dixons since 2009 and has oversaw its turnaround....