Directorate Change

RNS Number : 2221N

Tesco PLC

08 June 2010

 



8 June 2010

Tesco PLC

NON-EXECUTIVE CHANGES TO THE BOARD OF TESCO PLC

Tesco announces that Rodney Chase CBE will retire as a Non-executive Director, with effect from the end of this year's Annual General Meeting, to be held on 2 July.  Patrick Cescau, who has served on the Board since February 2009, will replace Rodney Chase as SID with effect from the same date. 

The Company expects to be in a position to announce the appointment of new Non-executive Directors to replace Mr Chase, as well as Charles Allen CBE and Dr Harald Einsmann, whose retirements were previously announced, shortly.  The replacement for Mr Allen as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee will also be announced at that time.

Tesco Chairman, David Reid, said:

"I would like to thank Charles, Harald and Rodney for their excellent contributions over a combined 30 years' service as Non-executive Directors and also Rodney particularly for his contribution as both Senior Independent Director and Deputy Chairman."

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Contacts:

Media Enquiries:	Jonathan Church	Tel: [phone]
Investor Enquiries:	Steve Webb	Tel: [phone]

NOTES FOR EDITORS:

Patrick Cescau

Patrick has been a Non-executive Director of Tesco since February 2009.  Patrick was Group Chief Executive of Unilever from 2005 to 2009.  Prior to that he was Chairman of Unilever plc and Vice Chairman of Unilever NV.  He joined Unilever in 1973 and became Finance Director of Unilever Indonesia in 1986, then led the business in Portugal, before returning to Indonesia as Chairman/CEO in 1991. 

Patrick ran the Van den Bergh Foods and Lipton beverage and foods businesses in the US from 1995 to 1998, before becoming Group Finance Director in 1999 and Foods Director in 2001.  He has been a Non-executive Director of Pearson plc since 2002 and a Director of INSEAD since 2009.

 

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