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Personal
qualities
Relevant
skills
Diversity
Experience
Jonathan Lloyd 12
Company Secretary
Jonathan Lloyd was appointed Company Secretary
to the Board in December 2006. He joined Tesco as
Deputy Company Secretary and Corporate Secretariat
Director in April 2005 from Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer. Jonathan is also Company Secretary of
Tesco Bank.
Deanna Oppenheimer 10
Non-executive Director
Deanna Oppenheimer was appointed a Non-executive
Director on 1 March 2012 and was appointed to
the Board of Tesco Bank as a Non-executive Director
effective from 17 July 2012. Deanna held various
senior roles at Barclays, including Vice Chair of
Global Retail Banking and also as Chief Executive of
Europe Retail and Business Banking. She has also
served as a Non-executive Director of Catellus and
Plum Creek Timber. Deanna is currently CEO of
CameoWorks LLC and a Non-executive Director
at NCR Corporation and at The AXA Group.
Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker 11
Non-executive Director
Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker was appointed a
Non-executive Director on 1 January 2009. She was
Director General at the Ministry of Transport in
The Netherlands from 2001-2007. Previously she
held senior positions at Quest International and
McKinsey & Co. Jacqueline is also a Non-executive
Director of Vivendi, CNH Industrial and TomTom
(from 1 May 2014). Jacqueline chairs the Van Leer
Group Foundation and is Vice Chair of the Advisory
Board to the Rotterdam School of Management.
“ Managing and developing the Board is a continuous process. We seek to achieve
an effective balance over time of relevant skills, experience, personal qualities
and diversity. Our priority is to foster trust and respect among all Directors supporting
them to bring their particular skills and experience together for the benefit of the
company.” – Sir Richard Broadbent
Relevant skills
Our Board members bring together
extensive experience from technology,
retail, finance, banking, HR and strategy.
Experience
Our Board members have broad
corporate experience such as being a
CEO, CFO or other Executive Director
serving on PLC Boards, as well as
specific experience in a consumer facing
business or international experience.
Personal qualities
Personal qualities are the innate qualities
that ensure skills can be applied
effectively. They include self-awareness,
respect, independence of mind, being a
team player and the capacity to function
effectively in challenging situations.
Diversity
Our Board represents diversity in
its broadest sense. This relates to
intellectual and emotional diversity
as well as to diversity of age, gender
and outlook, bringing together
multiple perspectives.
90% of our Board members
have previous retail or consumer
goods experience.
81% of our Board have served for at
least 5 years on PLC Boards or
international equivalents.
27% of our Board members
are women.
5 new leadership skills were introduced
in the business in 2013: empathy,
resilience, collaboration, innovation,
and responsiveness.
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