** Beauty and skincare firm Bath & Body Works <BBWI.N> shares down 1.6% at $33.20
** CEO Gina Boswell to step down immediately after leading the firm since 2022
** BBWI names former Nike's chief strategy and transformation officer Daniel Heaf as its new CEO effective immediately
** In March, BBWI had said Boswell would be temporarily absent for several weeks for a surgery
** Company announces preliminary results and maintains its full-year net sales and profit forecast
** BBWI's Q1 profit per share came in at $0.49/shr which beats LSEG analysts expectation of $0.42/shr
** YTD shares down ~13%
(Reporting by Rajarshi Roy)
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