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Philip Clarke
Group Chief Executive
Philip Clarke was appointed to the Board in 1998 as
Supply Chain Director. 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 worked part-time through school and university.
Philip held several positions in Store Management before
holding a number of roles in commercial and marketing.
David Hobbs
Group Business Planning Director
David joined Tesco in 2002 as UK Operations
Development Director and has since held various
positions including UK & Ireland Support Office Director,
UK Business Planning Director and International
Operations Development Director. His international roles
included COO in Malaysia and China. He was promoted
to Group Business Planning Director in November 2013.
Laurie McIlwee
Chief Financial Officer
Laurie McIlwee was appointed to the Board in 2009
as Chief Financial Officer*, having joined Tesco in 2000
as UK Finance Director and later Distribution Director.
Prior to Tesco, Laurie worked for PepsiCo in a variety of
roles including Vice President of Business Planning at
Frito-Lay International, as well as CFO and Finance
Director roles at a number of PepsiCo subsidiaries.
Benny Higgins
CEO Tesco Bank
Before joining Tesco Bank, Benny served as Chief
Executive Officer of Retail Business at HBOS PLC.
Between 1997 and 2005 Benny was Chief Executive
of Retail Banking at the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Prior to joining RBS, Benny was at Standard Life
for 14 years. He has been Chief Executive of Tesco
Bank since 2008.
Rebecca Shelley
Group Corporate Affairs Director
Rebecca joined Tesco in May 2012 as Group Corporate
Affairs Director. Prior to Tesco, Rebecca was a partner
at Brunswick LLP where she advised a range of
companies on financial and corporate reputation
issues. From 2000 to 2007, Rebecca worked at
Prudential as Group Communications Director
and was a member of its Executive Committee.
Matt Atkinson
Chief Marketing Officer
Matt joined Tesco in 2011 as Group Marketing and
Chief Digital Officer. Before joining Tesco, Matt was the
Global CEO of HAVAS’s digital and data businesses.
Prior to this, Matt had a diverse background in
marketing, brand and agency management.
Steve Rigby
Group Property Director
Steve joined Tesco in 1995 as Assets and Estates
Director, and became European Property Director
in 2001. He was promoted to UK Property Acquisition
and Estates Director in 2007 and appointed to
the UK Leadership Team in 2011. In 2012 he
was appointed Chief Property Officer for China.
Steve was appointed to the Executive Committee
on 1 November 2013 as Group Property Director.
Alison Horner
Group Personnel Director
Alison joined Tesco in 1999 as a Personnel Manager
and was later promoted to Personnel Director for
Tesco’s UK operations. After eight years in stores and
general merchandise roles she joined the Executive
Committee in 2011 as Group Personnel Director,
with responsibility for the development of our
500,000 colleagues.
Robin Terrell
Group Multichannel Director
Robin joined Tesco in February 2013 as Group
Multichannel Director. From 1999 Robin worked
at Amazon, ultimately as VP & Managing Director,
with responsibility for Amazon’s UK and French
businesses. Robin has also held senior e-commerce
and multichannel roles at Figleaves.com, John Lewis
and House of Fraser.
With extensive UK, international and digital experience, our Executive Committee
oversees the implementation of the strategy set by the Board and is chaired by the CEO.
* Laurie Mcllwee resigned from the Board on 4 April 2014.
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Executive Committee