Dixons Carphone CEO will step down to run chemist chain Boots

Sebastian James (pictured) will be replaced in April by Alex Baldock, currently group CEO of Shop Direct.The chief executive of Britain’s biggest specialist electrical goods and mobile phone retailer will step down to run high street chemist Boots.Sebastian James, who has led Dixons Carphone for six years, has resigned in a surprise move days before it updates the City on its Christmas trading performance.