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Why Burberry is replacing its CEO

Burberry has a new CEO and is making swift changes at the top after a lackluster performance in the first half of 2024. When it was reported last week that Burberry had a strategy problem, little was known that just a few days later chief executive Jonathan Akeroyd would be ousted from the British heritage brand. Since Mr Akeroyd's appointment,...

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Gerry Murphy to join as Tesco board chairman in September

Burberry Group plc chairman Gerry Murphy has been appointed as chair of the Tesco PLC board of directors with effect from September 1, 2023. The company said in a release that Murphy will step down as chair of Tate & Lyle PLC on the same day. Upon Murphy’s appointment, Tesco added, Byron Grote will step down from his role as the company's...

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Dr Gerry Murphy replaces Sir John Peace as the new Burberry Chairman

Burberry has announced that Dr. Gerry Murphy has been appointed to the board as Chairman designate and that his appointment concludes the process initiated in June 2017 and led by Senior Independent Director Jeremy Darroch to name a successor to Sir John Peace by the end of 2018. Commenting on Murphy’s appointment, Jeremy Darroch, Senior...