Byron Grote

Byron Grote joined the Board of Tesco PLC as a Non-executive Director on 1 May 2015.

Byron brings broad financial and international experience to the Board, having worked across BP PLC in a variety of commercial, operational and executive roles covering numerous geographies. Byron’s strategic focus and financial experience complements the balance of skills on the Board and makes him ideal for the role of Chair of the Audit Committee. He served on the BP PLC board from 2000 until 2013 and was BP’s CFO during much of that period. He was previously a non-executive director of Unilever PLC.

Byron is senior independent director of Anglo American PLC, non-executive director of Standard Chartered PLC and vice chairman of the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel NV.