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Our Board currently comprises seven Executive
Directors, seven independent Non-executive
Directors and DavidReid, Non-executive Chairman.
PatrickCescau is Senior Independent Director.
Biographies for each of our Directors and the
Company Secretary are set out below.
1. David Reid – 64
Non-executive Chairman
David Reid became Non-executive Chairman
on 2 April 2004. Prior to his appointment he was
Deputy Chairman of Tesco PLC and has served
on the Tesco Board since 1985. David is a
Non-executive Director (SID) of Reed Elsevier
Group PLC and Chairman of both Kwik-Fit Group
and Whizz-Kidz. In November 2010 David was
appointed one of Prime Minister David Cameron’s
Business Ambassadors.
2. Philip Clarke – 50
Group Chief Executive
Philip Clarke was appointed to the Board on
16 November 1998. Prior to his appointment as
CEO in March 2011 he was Asia, Europe & IT
Director and has previously held a number of roles
in store operations, commercial and marketing.
3. Tim Mason – 53
Deputy Group CEO and CMO
and CEO Fresh & Easy
Tim Mason has been President and Chief
Executive Officer, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood
Market since January 2006 and became Deputy
Group CEO and Chief Marketing Officer in
March 2011. He was appointed to the Board
on 16 February 1995. He joined Tesco in 1982.
4. Richard Brasher – 49
CEO – UK and ROI
Richard Brasher was appointed to the Board on
15 March 2004. He joined Tesco in 1986. He has
held a number of marketing, commercial and
store operations positions, most recently Board
Commercial Director, before being appointed UK
and ROI CEO in March 2011.
5. Andrew Higginson – 53
CEO – Retail Services
Andrew Higginson was appointed to the Board
on 17 November 1997. Prior to his appointment
as Chief Executive of Retailing Services in
July 2008 he was Group Finance and Strategy
Director. He is Chairman of Tesco Bank and
a Non-executive Director of BSkyB plc.
6. Laurie McIlwee – 48
Chief Financial Officer
Laurie McIlwee was appointed to the Board on
27 January 2009. He joined Tesco in 2000 as
UK Finance Director and became Distribution
Director in 2005. Laurie is a Chartered
Management Accountant.
7. Lucy Neville-Rolfe, CMG – 58
Executive Director (Corporate and Legal Affairs)
Lucy Neville-Rolfe was appointed to the Board
on 14 December 2006. She joined Tesco in 1997
from the Cabinet Office. She is Deputy Chair of
the British Retail Consortium, a Non-executive
Director of ITV plc and the Carbon Trust and a
member of the China Britain Business Council,
the UK India Business Council and the Corporate
Leaders Group on Climate Change.
8. David Potts – 53
CEO – Asia
David Potts was appointed to the Board on
16 November 1998. He joined Tesco in 1973.
From 1997 he directed the integration of our
businesses in Northern Ireland and the Republic
of Ireland before returning to the UK in 2000 as
Director responsible for UK Retail Operations.
From 2004, David’s responsibilities also included
the UK Supply Chain and the Republic of Ireland,
before being appointed CEO Asia in March 2011.
Member of the
Nominations Committee
Member of the Audit
Committee
Member of the
Remuneration Committee
Directors’ ages as at 26 February 2011
5678
21 3 4
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TESCO PLC Annual Report and Financial Statements 2011
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