Steven Geoffrey Murrells, (born 3 August 1965) is a British businessman, the former chief executive of

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Career

Murrells became chief executive of Co-operative Retail in July 2012. He became chief executive of The Co-operative Group in 2017. ''

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'' reported that Murrells was paid a £2.2 million bonus in 2020. Murrells was appointed

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(CBE) in the

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for services to the food supply chain. In May 2022, it was announced that he would be succeeded as CEO by Shirine Khoury-Haq.

References

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