John Allan (businessman)

John Murray Allan CBE (born August 1948) is an English businessman. He was the president of the CBI, and chairman of the supermarket chain Tesco and the housebuilder Barratt Developments.[1]

Early life

John Murray Allan was born in August 1948.[2] Allan studied mathematics at University of Edinburgh.[3]

Career

Allan took over chairman of Tesco from Sir Richard Broadbent in March 2015. He is also chairman of the housebuilder Barratt Developments.[4]

Allan's experience spans retail, logistics and housebuilding. He was chief executive of Exel, deputy chairman of retailer Dixons Carphone and a non-executive director at Royal Mail. He was also previously chairman of Samsonite and he has been a non-executive director at National Grid, PHS Group and Hamleys. Allan was noted as an instrumental figure in the £3.7bn merger of Dixons and Carphone Warehouse.[5][6]

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References
  1. "CBI boss: Settle Brexit or hold referendum". 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  2. "Tesco plc". Companies House. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. "Here's everything we know about Tesco's new chairman, John Allan". City AM. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. Butler, Sarah (17 February 2015). "Tesco announces John Allan as new chairman". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  5. "What you need to know about John Allan, the new Tesco chairman". Financial Times. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  6. Davey, James. "Dixons and Carphone agree 3.8 billion pound retail merger". U.K. Retrieved 2018-05-22.


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