Tesco announces appointment of chairman and new CEO
Tony Keohane to move from CEO to chairman of Tesco Ireland
Print29 May 2013
Tesco Ireland has announced that Tony Keohane is to become chairman from 1 July, having served seven years as chief executive.
Keohane has been CEO since 2006, having joined the Tesco Ireland Board following the acquisition of the Quinnsworth business in 1997. In that time, he has overseen the expansion of the company to become the leading grocery and general merchandise retailer in Ireland. There are now over 15,000 people employed in 147 stores nationwide. Successful online shopping, mobile telecoms and financial services businesses have also been developed in that time.
Tesco now accounts for significant exports of Irish food and drink products, purchasing over €700 million (almost 9%) of food and drink exports annually. Exports include Irish beef, lamb and pork, dairy products, horticulture and vegetables, fish, drinks, health and beauty, and grocery products to Britain, Central Europe and Asian countries where Tesco has retail operations.
Tony Keohane joined Quinnsworth as a management trainee in 1978 and was appointed to the Quinnsworth Board in 1995. As retail support director, he successfully managed the integration of Tesco in Ireland, and subsequently was property and supply chain director and a stores director in the UK. He chaired the government’s Services Strategy Group in 2007.
PJ Clarke has been appointed to succeed Mr Keohane as CEO of Tesco Ireland. Clarke has held a number of senior roles in Tesco since joining the company in 1974. Following a succession of roles in stores and retail operations in the UK, Clarke was appointed international format director and later CEO for Tesco in the combined Czech and Slovak businesses in 2005. In 2010, he was appointed CEO for Tesco’s business in the Czech Republic and in 2012 became CEO of Tesco Japan.
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