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
Read more(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
Read more* 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
Read moreAIM-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
Read moreLONDON, 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
Read moreLONDON, 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
Read moreLONDON, 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
Read more* 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,
Read moreThe 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
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