Ken Murphy, Tesco’s quietly understated but effective CEO wins The Grocer Cup

Ken Murphy

When Ken Murphy joined Tesco in October 2020, he had it all to prove. He was an outsider from Walgreens Boots Alliance

When Ken Murphy joined Tesco in October 2020, he had it all to prove. He was an outsider – from Walgreens Boots Alliance – and he was following in the footsteps of Sir Dave Lewis, whose turnaround of Tesco was the stuff of legend. Indeed for some time there was a sense that Murphy was riding on the coattails of his predecessor as the UK’s biggest grocer continued to thrive.

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