Sainsbury’s has appointed Adrian Hennah as its new non-executive director.
He succeeds David Keens, who is due to step down at the AGM this July after six years at the company.
Hennah will join the nomination and audit committee and take over as the audit committee chair on April 1.
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He spent 18 years as chief financial officer for three FTSE 100 companies Reckitt Benckiser Group, Invensys & Smith, and Nephew.
Before this he worked at GlaxoSmithKline in finance and operations for nearly two decades.
“I am very pleased to be joining Sainsbury’s and look forward to bringing my experience to the board,” Hennah said.
“I am confident he will bring fresh thinking to our board as we deliver against our plan,” Sainsbury’s chairman Martin Scicluna added.
