Douglas Gurr — UK Country Manager at Amazon

Mr. Douglas Gurr, also known as Doug, serves as UK Country Manager at Amazon.co Inc. Mr. Gurr served as President of China Amazon.com Inc. from September 1, 2014 to July 2016. Mr. Gurr served as Global Vice President - UK at Amazon.com Inc. from 2011 to September 1, 2014, where Mr. Gurr is in charge of outdoor furnishing products. He founded Blueheath Holdings Plc and served as its Chief Executive Officer from June 4, 2004 to August 31, 2006. Mr. Gurr served as a Partner and Head of the UK Retail Practice of McKinsey & Company from 2000 to 2001. He served as Director of Executive Development at ASDA Group Limited until January 2011. Mr. Gurr served at a number of grocery retailers on supply chain and procurement from 1995 to 2001. Prior to McKinsey & Company, he was a Principal at the UK Department of Transport. He served as Chairman of Science Museum trading company. He has been Non-Executive Director at Department for Work and Pensions since February 2016. Mr. Gurr served as an Executive Director of Blueheath Holdings Plc until August 31, 2006. He served as a board member at Wal-Mart. Mr. Gurr served as a Trustee of the Science Museum and a Non Executive Director of their trading company. Mr. Gurr holds PhD in Theoretical Computing from The University of Edinburgh , Master of Mathematics in Pure Mathematics and BA in Mathematics from University of Cambridge.