A tumultuous year for the UK grocery market has led to a number of changes at the top as retailers seek to restructure their management teams. Retail Week’s Grocery Watch keeps track of all the biggest moves.
Tesco
Ins
Name | Position | Start date |
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Dave Lewis | Chief executive | September, 2014 |
Alan Stewart | Finance director | September, 2014 |
Richard Cousins | Non-executive director | November, 2014 |
Mikael Ohlsson | Non-executive director | November, 2014 |
John Allan | Chairman | March, 2015 |
Matt Davies | UK chief executive | May, 2015 |
Byron Grote | Non-executive director | May, 2015 |
Michelle McEttrick | Group brand director | May, 2015 |
Edmond Mesrobian | Chief technology officer | June, 2015 |
Adrian Letts | Managing director, online | August, 2015 |
Outs
Name | Position | Finish date |
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Laurie McIlwee | Finance director | April, 2014 |
Mike Iddon | Group finance director for planning, treasury and tax | June, 2014 |
Philip Clarke | Chief executive | July, 2014 |
Sir Richard Broadbent | Chairman | October, 2014 |
Kevin Grace | Commercial director | November, 2014 |
Carl Rogberg | UK finance director | November, 2014 |
John Scouler | UK food commercial director | November, 2014 |
Chris Bush | UK managing director | December, 2014 |
Stuart Chambers | Head of remuneration committee | December, 2014 |
Echo Lu | Head of group business planning and insight | December, 2014 |
David Hobbs | The group business planning and strategy director | December, 2014 |
Matt Atkinson | Chief creative officer | January, 2015 |
Steve Strachota | UK operations and development director | January, 2015 |
Richard Baker | Managing director central | January, 2015 |
Neil McCourt | Managing director Tesco Metro | January, 2015 |
Mike McNamara | Head of global IT | February, 2015 |
Olivia Garfield | Non-executive director | February, 2015 |
Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker | Non-executive director | February, 2015 |
Sean McCurley | Head of convenience | February, 2015 |
Gareth Bullock | Non-executive director | March, 2015 |
Simon Belsham | Online director | March, 2015 |
Michael Holmes | Chief executive of new food experiences | March, 2015 |
Philip J Clarke | Chief executive, Tesco Ireland | March, 2015 |
Patrick Cescau | Non-executive director | April, 2015 |
Ken Hanna | Non-executive director | June, 2015 |
Stuart Chambers | Non-executive director | June, 2015 |
Morrisons
Ins
Name | Position | Start date |
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David Potts | Chief executive | March, 2015 |
Darren Blackhurst | Group commercial director | June, 2015 |
Tom Richardson | Meat category director | August, 2015 |
Gary Mills | Group retail director | August, 2015 |
Irwin Lee | Non-executive director | September, 2015 |
Belinda Richardson | Non-executive director, chair of audit committee | September, 2015 |
Clare Grainger | Group HR director | September, 2015 |
Outs
Name | Position | Finish date |
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Dalton Philips | Chief executive | February, 2015 |
Nick Collard | Group customer marketing and digital director | March, 2015 |
Martyn Fletcher | Group retail director | March, 2015 |
Gordon Mowat | Group property and strategy director | March, 2015 |
Neal Austin | Group logistics director | March, 2015 |
Nigel Robertson | Convenience managing director | March, 2015 |
Casper Meijer | Group trading director | April, 2015 |
Tim Bettley | Commercial director of clothing | April, 2015 |
Crawford Davidson | Customer director | April, 2015 |
Emily Lawson | Group HR director | June, 2015 |
Philip Cox | Non-executive director, chair of audit committee | October, 2015 |
Asda
Outs
Name | Position | Finish date |
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Mark Ibbotson | Chief operating officer | February, 2015 |
Sainsbury’s
Ins
Name | Position | Start date |
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David Keens | Non-executive director | April, 2015 |
Outs
Name | Position | Finish date |
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Helen Buck | Business development director | July, 2015 |
The Co-operative
Ins
Name | Position | Start date |
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Allan Leighton | Non-executive chairman | February, 2015 |
Simon Bourne | Chief information officer | February, 2015 |
Ian Ellis | Chief financial officer | March, 2015 |
Jon Church | Director of communications | March, 2015 |
Outs
Name | Position | Finish date |
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Nick Folland | Head of corporate communications and public affairs | May, 2015 |
Claire Davies | Group secretary | May, 2015 |
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