DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited announced the appointment of Tom van der Lee as Chief Executive Officer, Food, and the promotion of Kaizhi Wu to Group Chief Financial Officer, both effective Aug, 1 2026.

Tom van der Lee, currently Group Chief Financial Officer, will take charge of the Group’s food segment after having strengthened financial discipline and performance transparency since 2019. He previously served as Finance Director for several of the Group’s banners in Singapore and Southeast Asia from 2016 to 2019.

With his new role, van der Lee will step down as a director of DFI Retail Group on Aug, 1 2026. The company’s Nominations Committee is finalising the selection of an independent director to replace him.

Kaizhi Wu, now Group Finance Director, Planning & Reporting, will succeed van der Lee as Group Chief Financial Officer. Wu joined DFI in May 2026 after holding senior finance roles at Yonghui Superstores, Jardine Matheson, Fosun Group and PwC in London. He will join the Group’s Management Committee when he assumes the CFO position.

The changes were disclosed in a filing with the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority dated Jul, 6 2026.