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Patrick Cescau 04
Senior Independent Director
Patrick Cescau was appointed a Non-executive
Director on 1 February 2009 and became Senior
Independent Director in July 2010. Patrick was
Group Chief Executive of Unilever from 2005 to
January 2009, and prior to this he was Chairman
of Unilever plc and 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 April 2010.
He was a Director of INSEAD from 2009 to 2013.
Patrick was appointed Non-executive Chairman of
InterContinental Hotels Group in January 2013 and
is also a Non-executive Director of International
Airlines Group.
Mark Armour 05
Non-executive Director
Mark Armour was appointed a Non-executive
Director on 2 September 2013 and joined the Audit
Committee on 2 October 2013. Mark was Chief
Financial Officer of Reed Elsevier Group plc from
1996 until 2012 and of its two parent companies,
Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. Prior to
joining Reed Elsevier in 1995, Mark was a partner of
Price Waterhouse in London. He is a Non-executive
Director of the Financial Reporting Council and a
Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit
Committee of SABMiller plc. Mark is also a fellow
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Gareth Bullock 06
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 17 July 2012. He was appointed
Non-executive Director of Informa Plc on
1 January 2014. Gareth was Group Executive
Director of Standard Chartered plc until his
retirement in 2010. Gareth is a Non-executive
Director of Global Market Group Ltd and a
Senior Advisor to Good Governance Group (G3).
Stuart Chambers 07
Non-executive Director
Stuart Chambers was appointed a Non-executive
Director and Chairman of the Remuneration
Committee on 3 July 2010 and was a Non-executive
Director of the Board of Tesco Bank from 17 July
2012 to 4 February 2014. He was appointed
Chairman of ARM Plc on 1 March 2014. Stuart was
Group Chief Executive of NSG Group from 2008
to 2009. Prior to NSG’s acquisition of Pilkington
plc in 2006, Stuart was Group Chief Executive of
Pilkington plc. He was a Non-executive Director of
Smiths Group plc and a Non-executive Director of
Manchester Airport Group plc. Stuart was appointed
Chairman of Rexam plc on 23 February 2012.
Olivia Garfield 08
Non-executive Director
Olivia Garfield (Liv) was appointed a Non-executive
Director on 1 April 2013. She joined Severn Trent
PLC as CEO in April 2014. Prior to this, she was
appointed CEO of Openreach in 2011 and worked
for BT from 2002 in a number of roles, including
Group Strategy Director, Portfolio and Regulation,
Managing Director Commercial and Brands,
Global Services and Vice President UK Customer
Services, Global Services. From 1998 to 2002
Liv worked for Accenture as a consultant in the
Communications and High Tech Market Unit,
designing and implementing business change
solutions across a number of industry sectors.
Ken Hanna 09
Non-executive Director
Ken Hanna was appointed a Non-executive Director
on 1 April 2009 and became Audit Committee
Chairman on 5 October 2012. Ken was previously
Chief Financial Officer of Cadbury plc from 2004
until 2009 and prior to that an Operating Partner of
Compass Partners and CFO and then CEO of Dalgety
plc. Ken has also been CFO of United Distillers and
Avis Europe plc. He is currently Chairman of Inchcape
plc, Aggreko plc and Shooting Star CHASE. Ken is
a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Sir Richard Broadbent 01
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 Custom and Excise and joined the Management
Board of the UK Civil Service, serving in both roles
until 2003. Subsequently Sir Richard was Chairman
of Arriva plc and Deputy Chairman of Barclays plc
until 2011.
Philip Clarke 02
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
and worked part-time through school and university.
After graduating with a degree in Economic History,
Philip held several positions in Store Management
before holding a number of roles in commercial and
marketing. He joined the Tesco PLC Board as Supply
Chain Director and a year later added Information
Technology to his responsibilities.
Laurie McIlwee 03
Chief Financial Officer
Laurie McIlwee was appointed to the Board
on 27 January 2009 as Chief Financial Officer.
He began his career at 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 Finance and General Management
roles including Vice President of Business Planning
at Frito-Lay International, CFO and Business
Change Director at Frito-Lay Europe, CFO of
Walkers Snack Foods and Finance Director of
PepsiCo Eastern Europe. Laurie resigned from
the Board on 4 April 2014.
Committee membership (at 2 May 2014)
= Nominations committee = Audit committee = Remuneration committee = Corporate responsibility committee
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