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SABMiller Says Jan Du Plessis To Become Chairman Next July

SABMiller names chairman designate from Rio Tinto

LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - SABMiller Plc has appointed Rio Tinto Chairman Jan du Plessis as an independent director with plans for him to become chairman of the brewer next year. Du Plessis, 60, will succeed John Manser as chairman following SABMiller's annual general meeting in July 2015, t

RPT-INSIGHT-Tesco's new boss - the outsider on the inside track

(Repeats story first published on Aug 1, text unchanged) * New CEO Lewis, from Unilever, first external CEO in 95 yrs * Unilever a big Tesco supplier, Lewis close to Tesco execs * Predecessor Clarke dumped after second profit warning * Lewis needs to rebuild management tea

INSIGHT-Tesco's new boss - the outsider on the inside track

* New CEO Lewis, from Unilever, first external CEO in 95 yrs * Unilever a big Tesco supplier, Lewis close to Tesco execs * Predecessor Clarke dumped after second profit warning * Lewis needs to rebuild management team after departures under Clarke By James Davey and Kate H

Summit chief buys 30,000 shares

AIM-listed drug developer Summit, which develops therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and C. difficile infection, on Wednesday said its chief executive Glyn Edwards had acquired 30,000 shares. The 104.5p-a-share deal cost Edwards £31,350 and took his stake in the group to 233,333 shares. The

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: M&S Director Exercises Options, Sells Shares

Tesco's New CFO Alan Stewart To Join On December 1

Tesco says Alan Stewart to start CFO job Dec. 1

LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - Tesco's new chief financial officer, Alan Stewart, will start work at Britain's biggest retailer on Dec. 1, the firm said on Monday. Stewart quit as Marks & Spencer's CFO on July 10 to join Tesco but a six-month notice period and the triggering of a non-compete c

M&S appoints Tesco Internet executive as IT director

LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - Britain's Marks & Spencer has recruited Tesco's Carl Dawson to be its new IT director, in the latest transfer of executive talent between two of Britain's biggest retailers. Dawson, currently chief information officer for internet retailing at Tesco, will succee

Tesco pulls finance director photo from corporate website

LONDON, July 23 (Reuters) - Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, has removed a photo on its corporate website of Alan Stewart, its newly appointed chief financial officer (CFO), after rival Marks & Spencer (M&S) complained he was technically still its employee. After M&S was alerted to the pi

MARKET COMMENT: Housebuilders Lead Risk-Adverse UK Market Lower

UPDATE 5-Tesco ditches CEO for Unilever man after profit warning

* CEO Philip Clarke to step down on Oct. 1 * To be replaced by Unilever exec Dave Lewis * Warns H1 sales and profit "somewhat below expectations" * Shares rise as much as 3.5 pct * GRAPHIC on retail returns: http://link.reuters.com/byx42w (Adds graphic, investor comment,

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Tesco Gains On New CEO; Babcock Is Confident

LiteBulb Wins GBP4 Million In Retailer Orders

TVC Holdings directors top up their stakes

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of TVC Holdings have invested a combined £0.6m in the investment company this week. The AIM-listed outfit, which had assets of €101m as of March 31st, said that CEO John Tracey and CFO John Fagan both purchased around 6.13m shares