Directorate Change

8 June 2010

Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc

Directorate Change

Morrisons appoints Richard Hodgson as Group Commercial Director

Martyn Jones to move to new role as Group Corporate Services Director

Morrisons announces that after twenty years in front line Trading positions, Martyn Jones, the Group Trading Director, will move into a new role as Group Corporate Services Director, reporting to CEO Dalton Philips. The role will focus on the increasingly important areas of Government Affairs, Corporate Responsibility, Public Relations and Food Safety.

Martyn's appointment to this position reflects Morrisons commitment to playing its full part in the national agenda on food and food related matters. Martyn will take up the new position from September 2010 at which time he will also step down from the Morrisons board, once he has completed a smooth transition of his Trading Director responsibilities.

Morrisons also announces the appointment of Richard Hodgson as its new Group Commercial Director. Richard, 40, has broad experience across all areas of the UK grocery market and has held a number of key roles in both the premium and value sectors. Since 2006 he has been at Waitrose, initially as Director of Buying and, from January 2008, as Commercial Director, which added Marketing, International Development and Merchandising to his responsibilities. Prior to that he spent 10 years at Asda in a number of senior roles, most recently as Brand and Marketing Director. 

Dalton Philips, Morrisons CEO, said: "Martyn is a retail heavyweight who has made an enormous contribution to Morrisons success over a number of years. He has valuable experience in all areas of food retailing and will make an immediate and significant impact in his new role as Group Corporate Services Director."

"I'm delighted to welcome Richard to the Morrisons team. He brings wide experience from all areas of the UK grocery market and has made a big impact in all of his senior roles. His appointment underlines Morrisons ability to attract the very best talent in retail to our team and we very much look forward to working with him." 

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