Mr Platt is understood to have handed in his notice at BGL, with his arrival at JD Sports likely to be confirmed in a stock exchange announcement in the coming days.The latest phase of JD Sports' boardroom overhaul has emerged during a frenetic period for one of Britain's biggest retail groups by market capitalisation.
In the past year, it has appointed a new chairman - Andy Higginson, the former Tesco executive who went on to chair grocer Wm Morrison - and a new chief executive, as well as several non-executive directors.
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