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Tesco gets new UK chief

Booker man gets top job
February 8, 2018

It has been said that one of the best things about Tesco’s (TSCO) acquisition of Booker (BOK) is that the target’s popular boss Charles Wilson will join the retail giant.

Mr Wilson – who has led the convenience store owner since 2005 – has been credited with turning Booker’s fortunes around and generating steady year-on-year growth. As part of the merger with Tesco, he will become chief executive of the combined group’s UK business, responsible for both retail and wholesale