Véronique Laury (born 29 June 1965) is a French businesswoman who was chief executive officer (CEO) of Kingfisher, a UK based retail group, from February 2015 to September 2019.
In March 2019, it was announced that Laury would leave Kingfisher at a date to be announced following the failure of her "One Kingfisher" recovery plan and a 52.8% drop in pre-tax profits.
[7] She spent fifteen years at Leroy Merlin in France.
[8][9] In September 2014, it was announced that Laury would replace Ian Cheshire as CEO of Kingfisher plc, a FTSE 100 British multinational retail company from February 2015.
Laury has worked at Castorama, a subsidiary of Kingfisher, for eleven years, including roles at B&Q.