Richard Hodgson

Richard is Chief Executive Officer of YO! Sushi and has over 20 years' experience in the food industry. He was previously Chief Executive Officer at Pizza Express, a role he held for four years until May 2017. In 2010 he was appointed Commercial Director at Morrisons, a newly created role, combining Trading and Marketing. Richard joined Waitrose in 2006 as Commercial Director, and prior to that spent 10 years at Asda holding a number of senior roles culminating in his appointment as Marketing & Own Brand Director

Committee membership: Richard is Senior Independent Director and a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee.