Alison Horner

Alison Jane Horner (born June 1966) is a British businesswoman, and the CEO of the Asian arm of Tesco, the supermarket chain.

Alison Horner
Born
Alison Jane Horner

June 1966 (age 54)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
Manchester Business School
Occupationbusinesswoman
TitleCEO, Tesco's Asia business
Board member ofTesco, Carillion

Early life

Alison Jane Horner was born in June 1966.[1] She earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Manchester, and an MBA from Manchester Business School.[2]

Career

Horner joined Tesco as a personnel manager in 1999 and has been on Tesco's executive committee since 2011.[2][3]

In October 2013, Horner became a founding member of The Guardian's Women in Leadership network.[4]

Horner was Tesco' chief people officer (chief human resources officer) of Tesco, until May 2018, when she was promoted to chief executive of Tesco's Asia business.[5]

Carillion

Horner was a non-executive director of Carillion from December 2013, chairing the remuneration committee from June 2014. As of 30 December 2016 her basic compensation was £61,000.[1][2][6] After the company went into liquidation in January 2018, Horner was one of the non-executive directors who gave evidence to the House of Commons Business and Work and Pensions select committees on 6 February 2018.[7] In the final report of the Parliamentary Inquiry, published on 16 May 2018, Horner was criticised by MPs; the report concluded:

"... Alison Horner presided over growing salaries and bonuses at the top of the company as its performance faltered. In her evidence to us, she sought to justify her approach by pointing to industry standards, the guidance of advisors, and conversations with shareholders. She failed to demonstrate to us any sense of challenge to the advice she was given, any concern about the views of stakeholders, or any regret at the largesse at the top of Carillion. Ms Horner continues to hold the role of Chief People Officer of Tesco, where she has responsibilities to more than half a million employees. We hope that, in that post, she will reflect on the lessons learned from Carillion and her role in its collapse."[8]

References
  1. "CARILLION PLC - Officers (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. "Alison Horner, Chief People Officer, Tesco joins the MBS Advisory Board. Manchester Business School". Manchester Business School. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. "Chief HR officers increasingly on FTSE 100 top tables - Personnel Today". 7 April 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. "Alison Horner joins The Guardian's 'Women in Leadership' network as a founding member - Our Tesco". 18 April 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. "Tesco executive shamed over the Carillion collapse lands a £1.1m bonus". thisismoney.co.uk. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  6. "Carillion PLC (CLLN.L) – People". Reuters. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  7. "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee and Work and Pensions Committee Tuesday 6 February 2018". Parliament TV. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. Carillion: Second Joint report from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Work and Pensions Committees of Session 2017–19 (PDF). London: House of Commons. 2018. p. 89. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
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