Asda has welcomed two new members to its technology team today, who will oversee the grocer’s development of its new technology strategy and separation from Walmart.
Rob Barnes will join the supermarket early next year as its new delivery director, after serving as chief technology officer at M&S.
Barnes will be responsible for the design, build and delivery of all colleague and customer-facing technology, and will also act as deputy chief information officer.
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Before joining M&S, the executive was the Accenture retail tech advisory business managing director, where he managed technology delivery for a range of clients including Dyson, Clarks, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Best Buy.
Meanwhile, Adrian Berry will join the Asda team in the new year as its chief technology officer.
Under his role, Berry will be responsible for all core technology teams including service delivery, infrastructure, application engineering, platform teams and enterprise technology services.
The exec most recently served as chief information officer of Aston Barclay Vehicle Remarketing, and was previously Lowell Credit Management’s UK CIO and Group CTO.
Asda CIO Carl Dawson said: “We are delighted to welcome Rob and Adrian to the Asda technology team.
“With their combined experience, I am confident that we will now have the necessary expertise and experience to build best in class retail technology systems as we continue our separation journey from Walmart”.
