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24 Tesco PLC Annual Report and Financial Statements 2013
Board of Directors
1 Sir Richard Broadbent
Non-executive Chairman
Sir Richard Broadbent joined the Board of
Tesco PLC on 2 July 2011 and was appointed
Chairman on 30 November 2011. He started
his career at HM Treasury before joining
Schroders in 1986. In 2000, Sir Richard
was appointed Executive Chairman of HM
Customs and Excise. He also joined the
Management Board of the UK Civil Service,
serving in both roles until 2003. In 2003 he
was appointed to the Board of Barclays plc,
becoming Senior Independent Director in
September 2004 and Deputy Chairman in
2010. He stepped down from the Board of
Barclays on 30 September 2011. Sir Richard
joined the Board of Arriva plc in July 2004
and served as Chairman from November
2004 until 2010. He is also a trustee of the
charity Relate.
Committee membership
(from 23 February 2013)
= Nominations Committee
= Audit Committee
= Remuneration Committee
= Corporate Responsibility Committee
2 Philip Clarke
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. Philip began his career with
Tesco in-store during 1974 and continued
to work part-time through school and
university. After graduating with a degree
in Economic History, he joined the Tesco
Management Training Programme and
then spent nine years in store management
before holding a number of roles in commercial
and marketing. In 1994 he was appointed
Stores Director and a year later promoted to
Regional Managing Director, before joining
the Tesco PLC Board as Supply Chain
Director and a year later adding Information
Technology to his responsibilities.
3 Laurie McIlwee
Chief Financial Officer
Laurie McIlwee was appointed to the Board
on 27 January 2009 as Chief Financial
Officer. He began his career with Tesco in
2000 as UK Finance Director and after four
years, became Distribution Director. Prior to
Tesco, Laurie worked for PepsiCo in a variety
of roles including Vice President of Business
Planning at Frito-Lay International, Chief
Financial Officer and Business Change
Director at Frito-Lay Europe, Chief Financial
Officer of Walkers Snack Foods and Finance
Director of PepsiCo Eastern Europe. Laurie
is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Management Accountants and a member
of The Hundred Group of Finance Directors.
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4 Patrick Cescau
Senior Independent Director
Patrick Cescau was appointed a Non-
executive Director on 1 February 2009 and
became Senior Independent Director in July
2010; he is also a member of the Audit,
Nominations and Corporate Responsibility
Committees. Patrick was Group Chief
Executive of Unilever from 2005 to 2008, and
prior to this he was Chairman of Unilever plc,
Vice Chairman of Unilever NV and Foods
Director. He was also a Non-executive
Director of Pearson plc from 2002 until 2012
and became Senior Independent Director in
2010. Patrick was appointed Non-executive
Chairman of InterContinental Hotels Group
on 1 January 2013 and is also a Non-
executive Director of International Airlines
Group. He was appointed a Chevalier de la
Légion d’honneur in 2005. He is a trustee of
the Leverhulme Trust and Chairman of the
St Jude India Children’s Charity, and was
formerly a Director at INSEAD.
5 Gareth Bullock
Non-executive Director
Gareth Bullock was appointed a Non-
executive Director on 3 July 2010 and was
appointed to the Board of Tesco Bank as
a Non-executive Director effective from
17 July 2012. He is also a member of the
Audit Committee. Gareth was Group
Executive Director of Standard Chartered plc
until his retirement in April 2010 and was also
responsible for the Group’s risk and special
asset management function. He is Senior
Independent Director and Chairman of the
Remuneration Committee of Spirax-Sarco
Engineering plc, a Non-executive Director
of Global Market Group Ltd and a member
of the Advisory Council of Good Governance
Group (G3). Gareth has been a trustee of
the British Council since October 2012.