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Britain's Sainsbury's shakes up leadership team
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on August 5, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on August 5, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Sainsbury's restructures its leadership team following Clodagh Moriarty's departure to Dunelm. New roles aim to enhance retail and sustainability efforts.
LONDON (Reuters) -Sainsbury's Chief Executive Officer Simon Roberts has reshuffled the leadership team of Britain's second-largest supermarket group after a key lieutenant quit to become the boss of homeware retailer Dunelm.
Clodagh Moriarty, Sainsbury's chief retail and technology officer, resigned last month and will become Dunelm's CEO in October. She had been seen by some analysts as a possible successor to Roberts, Sainsbury's CEO since 2020.
Sainsbury's, which with a UK grocery market share of 15% trails only Tesco, said on Tuesday that Tracey Clements will join the operating board next month with the newly created role of chief retail, logistics and supply officer. She previously worked for Tesco, drugstore chain Boots and oil major BP.
In other changes, Chief Marketing, Data and Sustainability officer Mark Given will take on responsibility for technology by becoming chief technology, marketing and data officer.
Chief Commercial Officer Rhian Bartlett will see her role expanded to take on sustainability, becoming chief commercial and sustainability officer with a remit to embed sustainability "at the heart of commercial decision making".
Last month, Sainsbury's reported better-than-expected first quarter sales, benefiting from warm weather and a disruption at rival Marks & Spencer. Its shares are up 8% so far this year.
(Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
Clodagh Moriarty, Sainsbury's chief retail and technology officer, resigned last month to become Dunelm's CEO in October.
Tracey Clements will join the operating board next month as the chief retail, operations, and technology officer.
Last month, Sainsbury's reported better-than-expected first quarter sales, benefiting from warm weather and a disruption at rival Marks & Spencer.
Mark Given will take on additional responsibilities for technology, becoming the chief technology, marketing, and data officer.
Rhian Bartlett's role has been expanded to chief commercial and sustainability officer, focusing on embedding sustainability into the company's operations.
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