** Shares of Adairs rise as much as 4.9% to A$1.835

** Home furnishing retailer names Elle Roseby as new group CEO and managing director

** Roseby, who will start in her new role in Jan. 2025, was earlier the managing director of apparel retailer Country Road, owned by South Africa's Woolworths Holdings

** Stock last up 3.9%, taking YTD gains to 0.4%

(Reporting by Nikita Jino in Bengaluru)

((nikita.jino@thomsonreuters.com))