We
are very pleased to announce our next speaker event, which
will take
place at the Lansdowne Club on the 7th April 2005. Our
speaker will be Sir
Terry Leahy - Chief Executive of Tesco PLC.
As announced in the 18 March 2005 Wall Street Journal
Europe, Tesco Plc's Sir Terry Leahy was voted by his peers
as this year's European Business Leader.
Sir
Terry Leahy was appointed Chief Executive of Tesco PLC
in March 1997. He received a Knighthood for services to
food retailing in the 2002 New Year Honours. He was educated
at St Edwards College, Liverpool and then went on to the
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
where he gained his BSc (Hons) in management sciences.
Sir Terry joined Tesco in 1979 as a Marketing Executive
and was promoted to Marketing Manager in 1981. From 1984
to 1986 he held the position of Marketing Director for
Tesco Stores Ltd. He was appointed Commercial Director
of Fresh Foods in 1986. Appointed to the Board of Tesco
PLC as Marketing Director in 1992, and was appointed Deputy
Managing Director in February 1995. He is a Director on
the Liverpool Vision Regeneration Board, and Co-Chancellor
of Manchester University.
There
will be a buffet with wine at the start of the evening,
followed by
Sir Terry Leahy's speech to our members and their guests.
This
will be a popular event, so get your bookings in quick!
Booking:
Visit
our website: www.stanfordalumni.org.uk and pay via PAYPAL
on the
events page link.
OR
Reserve a space/s via email events@stanfordalumni.org.ukand
then
send your cheque, made payable to: SCGB, Box 87, 2 Old
Brompton Road. London SW7 3DQ
Queries:
Please
contact our Events/Membership Director lesley.hunt@stanfordalumni.org.uk,
for information about your membership status, signing
up or any other queries.
