Former Exclusive Books CEO Benjamin Trisk is willing to re-engineer Edcon's flailing CNA brand, following his departure from the book retailer after a dispute with the company's shareholders. Trisk, who left the book retailer after spending five years repositioning Exclusive Books, told Business Times this week that he would consider joining CNA only, "if approached. I would probably look at it very seriously. However, I must make it clear that I have not been approached". "But I'm not leaping into anything. I've had one approach from overseas which I can't talk about at the moment. Locally I've also had approaches, but I think it's quite early in the cycle," he said. Trisk joined Exclusive Books in 2013, where he led a team that was responsible for resuscitating the bookseller after it experienced a series of failures. Despite his apparently sterling contribution to the chain's revived fortunes, there was a breakdown in relations with shareholders. He said he could not discuss the ...
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