Austin Ligon becomes non-executive chairman having been a director of Gazelle since 2007 after previously leading car retailer CarMax.

Gazelle, a US-based company for selling second-hand electronics goods backed by Unilever’s corporate venturing unit, has created the role of non-executive chairman for Austin Ligon.  

Ligon has been a director of Gazelle  since 2007 after previously leading car retailer CarMax.

Israel Ganot, co-founder and chief executive of Gazelle, said: "With the creation of this new board position, we will be able to further leverage Austin’s vision and industry knowledge as he takes a more active role in the development of…