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Board and Executive Committee

Our Board currently comprises the Chairman, Sir Richard Broadbent, five Executive Directors and eight independent Non-executive Directors.

Our Executive Committee comprises the Tesco PLC Executive Directors and seven senior executives. Biographies for each of our Directors and the Company Secretary are set out below.

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Please note ages are correct as at 25/02/2012.

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Read Sir Richard Broadbent's profile

Sir Richard Broadbent

Non-executive Chairman

Read Philip Clarke's profile

Philip Clarke

Group Chief Executive

Read Tim Mason's profile

Tim Mason

Deputy Group CEO and CMO and CEO Fresh & Easy

Read Andrew Higginson's profile

Andrew Higginson

CEO – Retail Services

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.

Committee membership

Nominations Committee
CR committee

Philip Clarke (51)

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 (54)

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.

Andrew Higginson (54)

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 retire from Tesco Plc on 31 August 2012. He is a Non-executive Director of BSkyB plc.

Read Laurie McIlwee's profile

Laurie McIlwee

Chief Financial Officer

Read Lucy Neville-Rolfe CMG's profile

Lucy Neville-Rolfe CMG

Executive Director - Corporate & Legal Affairs

Read Patrick Cescau's profile

Patrick Cescau

Senior Independent Director

Read Gareth Bullock's profile

Gareth Bullock

Non-executive Director

Laurie McIlwee (49)

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 (59)

Executive Director - Corporate & 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 (63)

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.

Committee membership

Audit Committee
CR Committee
Nominations Committee

Gareth Bullock (58)

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.

Committee membership

Audit Committee

Read Stuart Chambers's profile

Stuart Chambers

Non-executive Director

Read Karen Cook's profile

Karen Cook

Non-executive Director

Read Ken Hanna's profile

Ken Hanna

Non-executive Director

Read Ken Hydon's profile

Ken Hydon

Non-executive Director

Stuart Chambers (55)

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.

Committee membership

Nominations Committee
Remuneration Committee

Karen Cook (58)

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.

Committee membership

Remuneration Committee

Ken Hanna (58)

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.

Committee membership

Audit Committee
Nominations Committee
Remuneration Committee

Ken Hydon (67)

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.

Committee membership

Audit Committee

Read Deanna Oppenheimer's profile

Deanna Oppenheimer

Non-executive Director

Read Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker's profile

Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker

Non-executive Director

Read Jonathan Lloyd 's profile

Jonathan Lloyd

Company Secretary

Deanna Oppenheimer (53)

Non-executive Director

Deanna Oppenheimer has been appointed a Non-executive Director with effect from 1 March 2012 and will (subject to approval by the FSA) be appointed to the Board of Tesco Bank as a Non-executive Director. Deanna held various senior roles between 2005 and 2011 at Barclays, initially as Chief Executive of UK Retail and Business Banking, Vice Chair of Global Retail Banking and also as Chief Executive of Europe Retail and Business Banking. Prior to Barclays, she was Marketing Director and later President of Consumer Banking of Washington Mutual. She has also served as a Non-executive Director of Catellus and Plum Creek Timber.

Committee membership

CR Committee

Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker (58)

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.

Committee membership

CR Committee
Remuneration Committee

Jonathan Lloyd (45)

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.

Committee membership

Audit Committee
Nominations Committee
Remuneration Committee

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Board and Executive Committee

Sir Richard Broadbent

Philip Clarke

Tim Mason

Andrew Higginson

Sir Richard Broadbent (58)

Non-executive Chairman

Committee membership

Philip Clarke (51)

Group Chief Executive

Tim Mason (54)

Deputy Group CEO and CMO and CEO Fresh & Easy

Andrew Higginson (54)

CEO – Retail Services

Laurie McIlwee

Lucy Neville-Rolfe CMG

Patrick Cescau

Gareth Bullock

Laurie McIlwee (49)

Chief Financial Officer

Lucy Neville-Rolfe CMG (59)

Executive Director - Corporate & Legal Affairs

Patrick Cescau (63)

Senior Independent Director

Committee membership

Gareth Bullock (58)

Non-executive Director

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Stuart Chambers

Karen Cook

Ken Hanna

Ken Hydon

Stuart Chambers (55)

Non-executive Director

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Karen Cook (58)

Non-executive Director

Committee membership

Ken Hanna (58)

Non-executive Director

Committee membership

Ken Hydon (67)

Non-executive Director

Committee membership

Deanna Oppenheimer

Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker

Jonathan Lloyd

Deanna Oppenheimer (53)

Non-executive Director

Committee membership

Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker (58)

Non-executive Director

Committee membership

Jonathan Lloyd (45)

Company Secretary

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