Dollar Tree Inc. announced Friday the promotion of Gary Philbin to enterprise president and the addition of Duncan Mac Naughton as president and chief operating officer of Family Dollar, which it acquired in 2015.
Mac Naughton, who will report to Philbin, has more than 30 years of experience in the food, grocery, mass merchant and specialty retail industries. He was most recently CEO of Mills Fleet Farm, but has also held numerous leadership roles at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.
"Our focus will continue to be on meeting the everyday needs of our customers – through providing terrific values, affordable prices, and the right assortment in clean, convenient and shopper-friendly stores," Mac Naughton said.
Mac Naughton was chief merchandising and marketing officer of Wal-Mart U.S. from 2011-14, executive vice president of Consumables Health & Wellness and Walmart.com from 2010-11 and chief merchandising officer of Wal-Mart Canada from 2009-10. From 2006-09, he served as executive vice president of Merchandising & Marketing for Supervalu Inc. and was head of the Health & Wellness Division.
Philbin has worked for the company for more than 15 years as president and chief operating officer of Family Dollar; president and chief operating officer for the Dollar Tree banner; and senior vice president of stores.