Ian MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth

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Ian Charter MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth DL , (born March 30, 1937 in Blackheath ) is a British businessman, former director of Vodafone and director and CEO of Tesco . He was a director of the England and Wales Cricket Board and Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire .

Career

Tesco

MacLaurin started at Tesco in 1959 as a trainee, held a number of management positions and was appointed to the management team in 1970. In 1970 he became managing director and 1985 board member.

By the time he retired in 1997, Tesco had just acquired J Sainsbury and had become the UK's largest retailer. MacLaurin developed away from the company's founder Jack Cohen's philosophy of selling large quantities at low prices (“pile it high, sell it cheap”). He later said his greatest achievement was the appointment of the correct successor, Terry Leahy .

Vodafone

Ian MacLaurin joined Vodafone's senior management team in 1997 and became a member of the board in July 1998. He resigned after merging with AirTouch in 1999, but returned the following year.

After resigning from the management team in July 2006, he worked as a consultant for the company. His successor on the board was John Bond . He became chairman of the Vodafone Group Foundation , an independent charity that distributed aid and donations on behalf of the company.

Others

MacLaurin is a board member of Heineken International .

MacLaurin has always been very enthusiastic about sports. He was on the first team at Malvern College . He later played in the minor counties league cricket for the Hertfordshire County Cricket Club . From 1997 to 2002 he was Chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board and is now Chairman of the Sport Honors Committee . His son Neil MacLaurin played first-class cricket and list a cricket for Middlesex for many years and also played for Hertfordshire.

In 1986 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts . In 1989 he was promoted to a Knight Bachelor and in 1996 as Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth , of Knebworth in the County of Hertfordshire , raised to life peer .

MacLaurin was Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire . He is currently Chairman of the Council of Malvern College.

He is President of The Enterprise Forum , an organization that organizes business-political discussions.

swell

  • Lord MacLaurin made Tesco Britain's premier supermarket group. Now he is retiring - to take on the daunting task of revitalizing English cricket, Judi Bevan, Sunday Telegraph, London, April 13, 1997.
  • Lord MacLaurin checks out for last time, Clifford German, The Independent, June 7, 1997.
  • MacLaurin to be first NGBF patron. (Lord McLaurin, National Grocer's Benevolent Fund), The Grocer, June 10, 2000.
  • English cricket's leading administrator has presided over a revolution which has turned a shambles into a force capable of winning the Ashes, Brian Viner, The Independent, May 30, 2001.
  • The former ECB chairman tells Scyld Berry how resistance to management change decided his future, Scyld Berry, Sunday Telegraph, May 4, 2003.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Store wars 10 ways Tesco took the lead . In: The Guardian , Guardian Newspapers, October 20, 2004, p. 19. Retrieved March 26, 2007. 
  2. ↑ Cricinfo.com: profile of Lord MacLaurin.
  3. ^ The Enterprise Forum . Archived from the original on January 25, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 12, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.enterprise-forum.co.uk

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SURNAME MacLaurin, Ian, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES MacLaurin, Ian Charter, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British businessman
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Blackheath (London)