The UK’s leading value pet retailer Jollyes Pets, today confirmed two senior appointments to its leadership team, as the business continues to build on its strong growth and expand its store and digital footprint across the UK.
Joining Jollyes’ as its new chief marketing officer is Sean McGinty taking direct responsibility for customer, marketing and Jollyes’ digital and loyalty proposition.
McGinty joined the business in October after three years as marketing director at Dunelm and prior to that, four years as marketing director of Aldi UK.
McGinty has also held senior marketing roles at Debenhams and Asda in a retail career stretching over 25 years.
In May, David Stokes will join as retail and supply chain director, taking direct responsibility for functions led by Adam Dury who was promoted to chief executive designate in October 2025.
Stokes will join Jollyes after six years at Gregory Group, a leading third-party logistics provider based in the South West of England.
Prior to that role, Stokes spent 16 years at Lidl in several key positions across retail, supply chain and logistics both in the UK and Europe.
Announcing the appointments, chief executive designate Adam Dury said: “It’s no secret that Jollyes is growing at a significant pace as we open new stores right across the UK.
“Those growth ambitions will be fuelled by talented retailers and that’s why I’m delighted to welcome Sean and David to our leadership team as we bring our unique combination of low prices and pet expertise to more customers.
“David’s hands-on retail leadership and supply chain expertise and Sean’s retail marketing experience will be real assets to the business as we continue to shake up the UK pet retail market.”
Over the past three years Jollyes has almost doubled the number of stores, becoming a clear challenger brand in the UK pet retail market.
Jollyes is opening another three new locations in February with store launches in Ponders End, Hartlepool and Whitehaven.
It was named as one of The Sunday Times’ best big companies to work for in 2024, and in 2025 won the Retail Week Award for Head Office Heroes following its highly successful raw frozen food roll out.
