Tony De Nunzio
De Nunzio has extensive experience in the European retail and consumer goods sectors as a finance professional, CEO and chairman.Biography
De Nunzio is the non-executive chair of Pets at Home Group plc, which he floated in March 2014, is Deputy chairman at Carphone Warehouse plc and is a senior advisor to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. He is also a director of PrimaPrix SA, a Spanish discount chain.
He started his career in a number of financial roles with major international consumer goods companies – Unilever, L'Oreal and PepsiCo.
In 1998, he was appointed CFO of Asda PLC and in 2002 was promoted to President and CEO of Asda/Wal-Mart UK, the UK's number two food retailer.
In 2005, De Nunzio was appointed Executive Chairman of Maxeda, a company taken private by a group of private equity funds. The company was the largest non-food retailer in the Benelux with 12 retail formats covering electronics, department stores, fashion and do-it-yourself.
He has also previously been a non-executive director of Alliance Boots GmbH, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Manchester Business School and Deputy Chairman of Howden Joinery Group plc.
In 2012, he won the Grocer Award for Outstanding Business Achievement in 2004. De Nunzio was appointed a CBE for services to the retail industry in 2005.
