By Matteo Castia
Ocado Group PLC said Friday that it has appointed Richard Haythornthwaite as its new independent nonexecutive chairman, effective Jan. 1, 2021.
The online grocer said Mr. Haythornthwaite would succeed Stuart Rose, who would be retiring from the role after eight years.
Mr. Haythornthwaite is currently chairman at Mastercard Inc.
Write to Matteo Castia at matteo.castia@dowjones.com
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Richard Neil Haythornthwaite is a British businessperson who founded Qio Technologies Ltd and who has been at the helm of 15 different companies. Presently, he occupies the position of Chairman for Qio Technologies Ltd, Chairman at ARC International Holdings Ltd., President of PSA Energy Holdings SPC, Chairman of Mastercard International, Inc., Chairman of Creative Industries Federation and President of PetroSaudi International (UK) Ltd. Mr. Haythornthwaite is also on the board of Ocado Group Plc, Globant SA and Cloudgrove Ltd. and Sloan Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Chairman-Operating Business at PSI (UK) Ltd. He previously held the position of Chairman at Mastercard, Inc., Non-Executive Chairman of Centrica Plc, Chairman at Almeida Theatre Co. Ltd., Chairman at Southbank Centre Ltd., President-Venezuela Division at BP Plc and President at BP Venezuela Holdings Ltd. (a subsidiary of BP Plc), Commercial Director at Premier Oil Plc, Partner at STAR Capital Partnership LLP, Chairman for Network Rail Ltd., Chief Executive Officer & Director at Invensys Ltd., Chief Executive Officer at Tarmac Cement & Lime Ltd., General Manager-Magnus Oilfield at BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc. and Chairman for World Wide Web Foundation. Mr. Haythornthwaite received a graduate degree from Queens College.
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