David Reid (businessman)

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Sir David Reid
Born
David Edward Reid

5 February 1947 (1947-02-05) (age 78) [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]

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 "Whizz-Kidz: The disabled children's charity". Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "No. 60009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 1.
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