Fagan changes roles at Boots

Pradip Patel has been appointed managing director of Boots Opticians, taking over from Elizabeth Fagan who is joining the Boots Retail Executive as marketing director for the integrated UK retail business.

Patel moves from his role as pharmacy superintendent for Boots the Chemists and has previous experience at Boots Opticians as operations director.

Fagan, who worked for Boots for seven years before leaving to work for retailers including Dixons, rejoined Alliance Boots as managing director of Boots Opticians on November 6 last year. Fagan said of Boots Opticians: 'It's a great business full of enthusiastic, professional, customer-led teams who want to be winners.