David Reid (businessman)

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Sir David Reid
Born
David Edward Reid

5 February 1947 (1947-02-05) (age 77) [1]
Scotland, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Education Fettes College
Alma mater Aberdeen University
Occupation Businessman
Years active1970–present
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Sir David Edward Reid (born 5 February 1947) is a British businessman and chartered accountant. He was until 2011 the chairman of Tesco, Britain's largest supermarket chain.

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Early life

Reid was educated at Fettes College and Aberdeen University.[ citation needed ]

Career

Reid qualified as a chartered accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell in 1970. [2] [3]

He was appointed chief accountant for Philips Video and then for International Stores before becoming finance director of Tesco in 1985. [2] He became deputy chairman of Tesco in 1996 and chairman in 2004. [2]

He is also a non-executive director of Reed Elsevier and chairman of Kwik-Fit. [2] He was previously a non-executive director of Legal & General, Westbury and De Vere Group. [4]

Charitable work

He is a director of the Tesco Charity Trust which spends circa £5m per annum on good causes. [5] He is a past chairman of Whizz-Kidz, a charity which seeks to help disabled children. [6]

Honours

Reid was knighted in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to business and charity. [7]

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References

  1. David Reid at Directorcheck.co.uk
  2. 1 2 3 4 Motivational speakers Gordon Poole Agency website, retrieved 26 October 2011
  3. David Reid - Industrialist Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Notable CVs and Resumes, retrieved 26 October 2011
  4. Captains of Industry The Times, retrieved 26 October 2011
  5. David Reid Charity Commission website, retrieved 26 October 2011
  6. Whizz-Kidz: About us, retrieved 26 October 2011 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "No. 60009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 1.