
John Allan, CBE
Chairman - Tesco plc, Barratt Developments plc and President of the CBI
As well as being President of the CBI, John is the Chairman of Tesco plc, Barratt Developments plc, Chair of Council at Imperial College and Co-Founder of J&A Mentoring Partners Ltd. Previously, amongst other senior roles, he was Chairman of London First, Worldpay, Care UK Health & Social Care, Dixons Retail and later Co-Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director of Dixons Carphone. John was Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Post DHL; and Chief Executive of Exel, the global supply chain company. He has been a non-executive director at Royal Mail, PHS Group, the Home Office Supervisory Board, National Grid, Wolseley, Hamleys, 3i and Connell.
John Allan joins the group from September 2020.