Emma Gilthorpe resigns as Royal Mail chief executive after just a year

Move comes weeks after delivery company’s owner was sold for £3.6bn to Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský

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The chief executive of Royal Mail has left after just over a year, weeks after the delivery company’s owner was sold for £3.6bn to a Czech billionaire.

Emma Gilthorpe, who joined from Heathrow airport in May 2024, left the company on Thursday, and will be replaced on an interim basis by the chief operating officer, Alistair Cochrane, with immediate effect, the Guardian has learned.