Roger Whiteside
Roger Mark Whiteside OBE (born 13 June 1958)[1] is a British businessman, the chief executive (CEO) of Greggs, the largest bakery chain in the United Kingdom, since February 2013.[2]
Early life
He was born in Fulham. His father was in the British Army, and he moved to RAF Wildenrath in Germany. He returned to Southampton when he was 11 and attended Itchen Sixth Form College[3], then the University of Leeds, and gained a First Class degree in Economics in 1979.[4]
Career
Marks & Spencer
He joined Marks & Spencer in 1979, and worked with Sir Richard Greenbury, and helped to set up the Simply Food division. He became head of the food division at Marks & Spencer, with Nigel Robertson[clarify].
Ocado
He helped to set up Ocado in 2000, with Tim Steiner, Jason Gissing and Jonathan Faiman. He was joint managing director with Nigel Robertson.[5] Ocado sold products from Waitrose.
Greggs
He became Chief Executive of Greggs on 4 February 2013.
Personal life
He lives in Wargrave, in Berkshire. He is married with two children.
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to Women and Equality.[6]
References
- ^ "GREGGS PLC - Officers (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ^ "Stocks". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ^ Itchen College
- ^ Telegraph November 2015
- ^ Telegraph November 2003
- ^ "New Year Honours list 2019" (PDF). GOV.UK. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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