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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.

Board
Executive Committee

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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

Close Laurie McIlwee's profile

Laurie McIlwee

Chief Financial Officer

Read Patrick Cescau's profile

Patrick Cescau

Senior Independent Director

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 was also appointed Chairman of the Nominations Committee at the same time. On 26 February 2012, Richard was appointed Chairman of the Corporate Responsibility Committee and on 5 October 2012 he became a member of the Remuneration Committee. He started his career at HM Treasury before joining Schroders in 1986. In 2000, 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

Corporate Responsibility Committee
Nominations Committee
Remuneration 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. Philip began his career with Tesco in store during 1974 and continued to work part-time through school and university. After graduating with a degree in Economic History, he joined the Tesco Management Training Programme and then spent nine years in store management before holding a number of roles in commercial and marketing. In 1994 he was appointed Stores Director and a year later promoted to Regional Managing Director, before joining the Tesco PLC Board as Supply Chain Director and a year later adding Information Technology to his responsibilities.

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 in the UK, USA, Central Europe and the Middle East. Laurie is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a member of The Hundred Group of Finance Directors.

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

Read Gareth Bullock's profile

Gareth Bullock

Non-executive Director

Read Stuart Chambers's profile

Stuart Chambers

Non-executive Director

Read Olivia Garfield's profile

Olivia Garfield

Non-executive Director

Read Ken Hanna's profile

Ken Hanna

Non-executive Director

Gareth Bullock (58)

Non-executive Director

Gareth Bullock was appointed a Non-executive Director on 3 July 2010 and following approval from the FSA been appointed to the Board of Tesco Bank as a Non-executive Director effective from 17 July 2012. He was Group Executive Director of Standard Chartered PLC until 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

Stuart Chambers (55)

Non-executive Director

Stuart Chambers was appointed a Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee on 3 July 2010 and following approval from the FSA been appointed to the Board of Tesco Bank as a Non-executive Director effective from 17 July 2012. 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

Olivia Garfield (37)

Non-executive Director

Olivia Garfield (Liv) was appointed a Non-executive Director on 1 April 2013. She has worked for BT since 2002 and has been CEO of Openreach since 2011. Prior to that she carried out a range of senior strategic and operational roles, including Group Director Strategy, Portfolio and Regulation, Managing Director Commercial and Brands, Global Services and Vice President UK Customer Services, Global Services. From 1998 to 2002 Liv worked for Accenture as a consultant in the Communications and High Tech Market Unit, designing and implementing business change solutions across a number of industry sectors.

Ken Hanna (58)

Non-executive Director

Ken Hanna was appointed a Non-executive Director on 1 April 2009 and became Audit Committee Chairman on 5 October 2012. He is Chairman of Inchcape PLC and 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

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 was appointed a Non-executive Director on 1 March 2012 and following approval from the FSA been appointed to the Board of Tesco Bank as a Non-executive Director effective from 17 July 2012. 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

Corporate Responsibility 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.

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Board and Executive Committee

Sir Richard Broadbent

Philip Clarke

Laurie McIlwee

Patrick Cescau

Sir Richard Broadbent (58)

Non-executive Chairman

Committee membership

Philip Clarke (51)

Group Chief Executive

Laurie McIlwee (49)

Chief Financial Officer

Patrick Cescau (63)

Senior Independent Director

Committee membership

Gareth Bullock

Stuart Chambers

Olivia Garfield

Ken Hanna

Gareth Bullock (58)

Non-executive Director

Committee membership

Stuart Chambers (55)

Non-executive Director

Committee membership

Olivia Garfield (37)

Non-executive Director

Ken Hanna (58)

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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