Roger Michael Burnley (born June 1966) is a British businessman, and was the chief executive (CEO) of

Asda Asda Stores Limited (), trading as Asda and often styled as ASDA, is a British supermarket and petrol station chain. Its headquarters is in Leeds, England. The company was incorporated as Associated Dairies and Farm Stores in 1949. It expanded ...

from January 2018, when he succeeded Sean Clarke, until August 2021.

Early life

Burnley was born in

Dewsbury Dewsbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder, West Yorkshire, River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, ...

, Yorkshire, and grew up in Yorkshire. He was educated at Heckmondwike Grammar School. He earned a degree in geography from Bournemouth University.

Career

He started his career as a graduate trainee with B&Q. From 1996 to 2002, he worked for

, rising to supply chain director. Burnley was

Sainsbury's J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is a British supermarket and the second-largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company was the largest UK r ...

retail and operations director before joining Asda as chief operating officer in 2016 and then deputy chief executive in June 2016. On 30 October 2017, it was announced that he would succeed Sean Clarke as CEO of Asda. Burnley left Asda on 6 August 2021, six months earlier than expected, leaving Asda without a CEO. He was appointed

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to the food supply chain. Burnley became a non-executive director of the food business Finnebrogue in 2022, following the death of its founder Denis Lynn.

Personal life

Burnley is married, has two children and lives in Yorkshire. He a lifelong fan of Huddersfield Town A.F.C.

References

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