Board of directors

David Reid - 63, Non-executive Chairman

David Reid became Non-executive Chairman on 2 April 2004. Prior to his appointment he was Deputy Chairman of Tesco PLC and has served on the Tesco Board since 1985. David is a Non-executive Director of Reed Elsevier Group PLC and Chairman of Kwik-Fit Group.

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Patrick Cescau - 61, Senior Independent Director

Patrick Cescau was appointed a Non-executive Director on 1 February 2009. 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. Patrick was appointed a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur in 2005.

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Sir Terry Leahy - 53, Chief Executive

Terry Leahy became Chief Executive in 1997. Joining Tesco in 1979, he held a number of marketing and commercial positions prior to being appointed to the Board of Tesco PLC on 5 October 1992.

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Richard Brasher was appointed to the Board on 15 March 2004. He joined Tesco in 1986. He has held a number of marketing, commercial and store operations positions, most recently Non-food Commercial Director.

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Philip Clarke was appointed to the Board on 16 November 1998. Prior to his appointment he held a number of roles in store operations, commercial and marketing. He is a Non-executive Director of Whitbread PLC .

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Andrew Higginson was appointed to the Board on 17 November 1997. He has recently taken up a new Board position as Chief Executive of Retailing Services, retaining his responsibilities for Tesco Group strategy. He is Chairman of Tesco Personal Finance and a Non-executive Director of BSkyB plc.

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Tim Mason has been President and Chief Executive Officer, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market since January 2006. He was appointed to the Board on 16 February 1995. He joined Tesco in 1982.

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Laurie McIlwee - 47, Group Finance Director

Laurie McIlwee was appointed to the Board on 27 January 2009. He joined Tesco in 2000 as UK Finance Director and Distribution Director in 2005. He is currently a member of the 100 Group of Finance Directors.

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Lucy Neville-Rolfe CMG - 57, Corporate and Legal Affairs Director

Lucy Neville-Rolfe 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 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.

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David Potts - 52, Retail and Logistics Director

David Potts was appointed to the Board on 16 November 1998. He joined Tesco in 1973. From 1997 he directed the integration of our businesses in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland before returning to the UK in 2000 as Director responsible for UK Retail Operations. From 2004 David’s responsibilities have included the UK Supply Chain and the Republic of Ireland.

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Gareth Bullock - 56, Non-executive Director

Gareth Bullock was appointed a Non-executive Director on 3 July 2010. He was Group Executive Director of Standard Chartered PLC on his retirement in April 2010. He worked in a number of different divisions covering businesses in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. He was also Chairman of the Group's risk and special asset management function. He is SID and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of Spirax-Sarco Engineering Plc.

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Stuart Chambers - 54, Non-executive Director

Stuart Chambers was appointed a Non-executive Director on 3 July 2010. He was Group Chief Executive of NSG Group, a major international glass manufacturer, from 2008 to 2009 and from 2007 to 2008 was Group COO. Prior to NSG's acquisition of Pilkington plc in 2006, Stuart was Group Chief Executive of Pilkington plc from 2002 to 2006. Previously he held a number of senior roles at Pilkington and the Mars Corporation. He is a Non-executive Director of Smiths Group PLC, where he is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, and of the Manchester Airport Group PLC.

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Karen Cook - 56, 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.

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Ken Hanna -56, Non-executive Director

Ken Hanna was appointed a Non-executive Director on 1 April 2009. He is Chairman of Inchcape PLC . He was previously Chief Financial Officer of Cadbury PLC until January 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.

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Ken Hydon - 65, Non-executive Director

Ken Hydon was appointed a Non-executive Director on 23 February 2004. He is also a Non-executive Director of Reckitt Benckiser plc, The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and Pearson PLC .

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Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker - 56, 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 was appointed a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur in 2006.

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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.

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