Former Nisa managing director Peter Batt has joined Morrisons as its new Operations Director for the company owned convenience business.
The announcement was made by Morrisons on Tuesday (Sept 23) on LinkedIn.
Batt has left Nisa (now known as Co-op Wholesale) unexpectedly in December last year. Batt, who had joined Co-op in April 2015, was at the helm since September 2022, when he took over from fellow Co-op appointee Michael Fletcher.
Before taking the reins at Nisa, he had spent seven-and-a-half years as a divisional managing director within the Co-op, a period that laid the groundwork for the influence he would later wield.
He also sat on the boards of the Association of Convenience Stores and the Federation of Wholesale Distributors.
The first 20 years of his career were at Sainsbury’s, where he held senior roles in operations, commercial, and convenience.
Batt is the second high-profile ex-Nisa official to join Morrisons in a span of months.
Earlier in June this year, Victoria Lockie joined the supermarket group as its new head of wholesale - strategic projects and acquisitions.
Before spending about six months at buying group Unitas, Lockie had spent more than 12 years at Nisa (now known as Co-op Wholesale).