Lombardo quits in fresh hit for Blacks

Retailer Blacks Leisure is now looking for a new finance director as well as a chairman after Marc Lombardo handed in his notice.

Lombardo will leave his position as finance director on 16 December. Former chairman David Bernstein stepped down last month after 21 per cent shareholder Sports Direct voted against his re-appointment at August’s annual shareholder meeting.

Lombardo said: “The end of the year feels like the right time for me to move on to a new challenge once Julia Reynolds, our new chief executive, is well established in the business.”