Board and Executive Committee
Our Board currently comprises the Chairman, Sir Richard Broadbent, two Executive Directors and seven independent Non-executive Directors.
Our Executive Committee comprises the Tesco PLC Executive Directors and a number of senior executives. Biographies for each of our Directors and the Company Secretary are set out below.
Please note ages are correct as at 25/02/2012.
Laurie McIlwee (49)
Chief Financial Officer
Laurie McIlwee was appointed to the Board on 27 January 2009 as Chief Financial Officer. He began his career with 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, Chief Finance Officer and Business Change Director at Frito-Lay Europe, Chief Financial Officer of Walkers Snack Foods and Finance Director of PepsiCo Eastern Europe. Laurie is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a member of The Hundred Group of Finance Directors.
