John Allan (businessman)
{{Short description|British businessman (born 1948)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = John Allan
| honorific_suffix = CBE
| birth_name = John Murray Allan
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|20 August 1948}}
| birth_place =
| occupation = Businessman
| nationality =
| education = {{nowrap|University of Edinburgh}}
| alma_mater = St Andrew’s High School, Kirkcaldy
| spouse = Carole
| children = 2
| years_active =
| title = * Chairman of Tesco (March 2015–2023){{cite news |last=Butler |first=Sarah |date=17 February 2015 |title=Tesco announces John Allan as new chairman |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/17/tesco-announces-john-allan-new-chairman |access-date=19 March 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}
- Chair of Barratt Developments (November 2014–present){{cite news |date=11 March 2014 |title=Housebuilder Barratt appoints John Allan as chairman designate |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/barratt-dev-idINWLB007L620140311 |access-date=19 March 2023}}
- Vice President of the Confederation of British Industry (2020–2021)
- President of the Confederation of British Industry (2018–2020){{cite web |title=CBI welcomes John Allan as new President |url=https://www.cbi.org.uk/media-centre/articles/cbi-welcomes-john-allan-as-new-president/ |access-date=6 March 2023 |website=CBI }}
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John Murray Allan {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (born 20 August 1948) is a British businessman. He is chair of the housebuilder Barratt Developments, and was president and vice president of the Confederation of British Industry, and chairman of the supermarket chain Tesco.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47891982|title=CBI boss: Settle Brexit or hold referendum|date=11 April 2019|access-date=3 June 2019}}
Early life
John Murray Allan was born on 20 August 1948.{{cite web |title=Allan, John Murray |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-5269 |website=WHO'S WHO 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022}}{{cite web|title=Tesco plc|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00445790/officers|website=Companies House|accessdate=28 August 2015}} Allan attended St Andrew’s High School in Kirkcaldy, and studied mathematics at University of Edinburgh.{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/209643/who-tescos-new-chairman-john-allan|title=Here's everything we know about Tesco's new chairman, John Allan|work=City AM|date=17 February 2015 |accessdate=16 January 2019}}
Career
Allan's experience spans retail, logistics and housebuilding. He was chief executive of Exel,{{cite news |last=Stubbington |first=Tommy |title=CBI's John Allan: 'MPs who attack us are juvenile and outrageous' |newspaper=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/article/cbis-john-allan-mps-who-attack-us-are-juvenile-and-outrageous-7s8m3swcr |access-date=20 March 2023 |issn=0140-0460}} chief financial officer of Deutsche Post, deputy chairman of retailer Dixons Carphone and a non-executive director at Royal Mail. He was chairman of Samsonite and has been a non-executive director at National Grid, PHS Group and Hamleys. Allan was an instrumental figure in the £3.7 billion merger of Dixons and Carphone Warehouse.{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/6bb8917e-b742-11e4-8807-00144feab7de|title=What you need to know about John Allan, the new Tesco chairman|date=18 February 2015|website=Financial Times|access-date=22 May 2018 |last1=Barrett |first1=Claer }}{{cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-dixons-retail-carphone-mergers-idUKKBN0DV0BD20140515|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523010939/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-dixons-retail-carphone-mergers-idUKKBN0DV0BD20140515|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 May 2018|title=Dixons and Carphone agree 3.8 billion pound retail merger|last=Davey|first=James|work=U.K.|access-date=22 May 2018}}
In February 2011, Home Secretary Theresa May announced that Allan would join the Home Office as a non-executive member of its supervisory board in an attempt to bring business experience into the government department.{{cite web |title=Two new non-executive members of Home Office supervisory board announced |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/two-new-non-executive-members-of-home-office-supervisory-board-announced |access-date=20 March 2023 |website=GOV.UK }}
Allan was elected as president of the CBI on 19 June 2018, and was elected for a second term at the 18 June 2019 annual general meeting of members. Allan was succeeded by Lord Karan Bilimoria as president of the organisation on 16 June 2020, and served as vice president from then until stepping down from the board on 21 October 2021.
Allan took over as chairman of Tesco from Sir Richard Broadbent in March 2015. In May 2023 Allan announced he would step down as chairman of the board in June 2023 after admitting making a comment to a female CBI worker in late 2019 about a dress suiting her figure.{{cite web |last=Jordan |first=Dearbail |date=19 May 2023 |title=Tesco chairman John Allan to quit after claims over behaviour |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65649851 |access-date=6 March 2023 |website=Sky News }} He was set to continue as chairman of the housebuilder Barratt Developments{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=Sarah |date=17 February 2015 |title=Tesco announces John Allan as new chairman |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/17/tesco-announces-john-allan-new-chairman |accessdate=28 August 2015}} until September 2023{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Carl |title=Barratt chair at centre of CBI misconduct claims will remain in post until September as planned |url=https://www.building.co.uk/news/barratt-chair-at-centre-of-cbi-misconduct-claims-will-remain-in-post-until-september-as-planned/5123302.article |access-date=22 May 2023 |work=Building |date=22 May 2023}} but on 23 May, Allan said he would be "stepping down as chairman of Barratt Developments plc as of 30 June 2023".{{cite news |last1=Partridge |first1=Joanna |title=John Allan to step down as Barratt chair amid 'disruptive' allegations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/23/john-allan-step-down-as-barratt-chair-tesco |access-date=23 May 2023 |work=Guardian |date=23 May 2023}}
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