John Allan (businessman)


John Murray Allan is an English businessman. He was the president of the CBI, and chairman of the supermarket chain Tesco and the housebuilder Barratt Developments.

Early life

John Murray Allan was born in August 1948. Allan studied mathematics at University of Edinburgh.

Career

Allan took over chairman of Tesco from Sir Richard Broadbent in March 2015. He is also chairman of the housebuilder Barratt Developments.
Allan's experience spans retail, logistics and housebuilding. He was chief executive of Exel, deputy chairman of retailer Dixons Carphone and a non-executive director at Royal Mail. He was also previously chairman of Samsonite and he has been a non-executive director at National Grid, PHS Group and Hamleys. Allan was noted as an instrumental figure in the £3.7bn merger of Dixons and Carphone Warehouse.