Board and Management team

Our Board currently comprises six Executive Directors and eight independent Non-executive Directors including Sir Richard Broadbent, Non-executive Chairman. Patrick Cescau is Senior Independent Director. Our Executive Committee comprises the Tesco PLC Executive Directors and seven senior executives. Biographies for each of our Directors, the Company Secretary and the senior executives are set out below.

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Sir Richard Broadbent - 58

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. After leaving Schroders in 1999, 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.
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.
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.
Richard Brasher - 49

CEO – UK & 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.
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 will step down as Chairman of Tesco Bank on 26 February and will retire from Tesco Plc on 31 August 2012. He is a Non-executive Director of BSkyB plc.
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.
Lucy Neville-Rolfe CMG - 58

Executive Director (Corporate and Legal Affairs)

Lucy Neville-Rolfe CMG 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.
Patrick Cescau - 62

Senior Independent Director

Patrick Cescau was appointed a Non-executive Director on 1 February 2009 and became Senior Independent Director in July 2010. He was Group Chief Executive of Unilever from 2005 to 1 January 2009, and prior to this he was Chairman of Unilever plc and Vice Chairman of Unilever NV. He has also been a Non-executive Director of Pearson plc since 2002, becoming Senior Independent Director in April 2010, and IAG (International Consolidated Airlines Group) since September 2010. Patrick was appointed a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur in 2005. In June 2009, Patrick joined the Board of INSEAD.
Gareth Bullock - 57

Non-executive Director

Gareth Bullock was appointed a Non-executive Director on 3 July 2010 and will (subject to approval by the FSA) be appointed to the Board of Tesco Bank as a Non-executive Director. He was Group Executive Director of Standard Chartered PLC on his retirement in April 2010. He 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.
Stuart Chambers - 54

Non-executive Director

Stuart Chambers was appointed a Non-executive Director on 3 July 2010 and will (subject to approval by the FSA) be appointed to the Board of Tesco Bank as a Non-executive Director. He 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. Previously he held a number of senior roles at Pilkington plc and the Mars Corporation. He is a Non-executive Director of Smiths Group PLC, where he is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, and of Manchester Airport Group PLC. Stuart was appointed Non-executive Director of Rexam PLC on 1 February 2012 and Non-executive Chairman effective from 22 February 2012.
Karen Cook - 57

Non-executive Director

Karen Cook was appointed a Non-executive Director on 1 October 2004. She is a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International and President of Goldman Sachs, Europe. She is also a member of the firm’s European Management Committee and Partnership Committee.
Ken Hanna - 57

Non-executive Director

Ken Hanna was appointed a Non-executive Director on 1 April 2009. He is Chairman of Inchcape PLC and a Non-executive Director of Aggreko plc. He was previously Chief Financial Officer of Cadbury plc until March 2009 and prior to that an Operating Partner of Compass Partners and CFO and then CEO of Dalgety PLC. He has also been CFO of United Distillers and Avis Europe plc.
Ken Hydon - 66

Non-executive Director

Ken Hydon was appointed a Non-executive Director on 23 February 2004 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee. He is also a Nonexecutive Director of Reckitt Benckiser plc, The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and Pearson plc.
Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker - 57

Non-executive Director

Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker was appointed a Non-executive Director on 1 January 2009. She was a Director General at the Ministry of Transport in the Netherlands from 2001 to 2007 and has held senior positions at Quest International, McKinsey & Co and Shell. Jacqueline is a Non-executive Director of Vivendi and was appointed a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur in 2006.
Jonathan Lloyd - 44

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.
Gordon Fryett - 57

CEO Europe

Gordon Fryett was appointed to the Executive Committee on 1 March 2011 as Property Director and was subsequently appointed CEO of Europe on 7 December 2011. He joined Tesco in 1969 and has held a number of roles, mainly in retail operations, including Operations Director, International Support Director, CEO Republic of Ireland and UK Property Director. He is a Non-executive Director of Severn Trent Plc.
Kevin Grace - 45

Group Commercial Director

Kevin Grace was appointed to the Executive Committee on 7 December 2011 as Group Commercial Director. He joined Tesco in 1982 and has held a number of general roles in the UK, including Support Office Director, before moving outside the UK, as COO in Korea and then to lead Poland as CEO. Since 2006 he has been Property Director in the UK and joined the UK Board in March 2011.
Alison Horner - 44

Group Personnel Director

Alison Horner was appointed to the Executive Committee as Group Personnel Director on 1 March 2011. She joined Tesco in 1999 as a Personnel Manager, moving to UK and Ireland operations in 2003 where she held a number of line management jobs ending as Operations Director before starting her current role.
Trevor Masters - 47

CEO Asia

Trevor Masters was appointed to the Executive Committee on 1 March 2011 as CEO Europe and was subsequently appointed CEO of Asia on 7 December 2011. He joined Tesco in 1979 and has held a number of retail appointments as Store Manager, Store Director and Operations Director for Extras. Trevor was appointed CEO of Central Europe in September 2009.
Mike McNamara - 46

Chief Information Officer

Mike McNamara was appointed to the Executive Committee on 1 March 2011. Prior to his role as Chief Information Officer, Mike held a number of roles in IT and Operations Development within Tesco. He joined Tesco in 1998.
Bob Robbins - 54

Chief Operating Officer of the UK business

Bob Robbins was appointed Chief Operating Officer UK and to the Executive Committee on 1 March 2011. Previously he held roles of Chief Executive Officer for Central and Eastern Europe, Strategy and Development Director Asia and various retail, marketing and general management roles.
Ken Towle - 46

Online Food and Internet Retailing Director

Ken Towle was appointed Director of Internet Retailing and a member of the Executive Committee on 1 March 2011. Prior to this he spent five years as the President and CEO of Tesco China having previously held a number of roles in the UK, primarily in Operations. He joined Tesco in 1985.