イギリスのスーパー大手アズダの所有者、経営から退く。
ヨーロッパ経済ニュースEUROPE NNAは2024年09月19日に、イギリスで3位のスーパー大手アズダ(Asda)は2024年09月18日に、オーナーで、ミリオネーアーのモフシン・イッサ(Mohsin Issa)が経営から退くと発表した。後任が決まるまで、スチュアート・ローズ(Stuart Rose)会長と筆頭株主のPE(Private Equity/プライベートエクイティ)企業TDRキャピタルのパートナーのロブ・ハトレル(Rob Hattrell)が共同で最高経営責任者(CEO)として経営に当たる。
モフシンは弟のズベール(Zuber Issa)と共にアズダを共同保有する。これまで、コンビニエンス型ストアの導入やロイヤルティープログラムの開発などを進めてきた。
モフシンは現在、ガソリンスタンド運営などを手がけるイギリス小売大手EGグループ(EG Group)のCEOを務めており、アズダでは今後は非常勤取締役となる。
アズダは格安スーパーやオンラインスーパーとの競争激化で市場シェアを落としている。
ローズ会長は2024年08月に、イギリスの新聞「テレグラフ(Telegraph)」とのインタビューで、「モフシンはアズダでは仕事を終えた」と発言。今後は小売業界での経験が豊富かつフルタイムで経営に携わることができる人材をトップに迎え入れるべきとの考えを示していた。
アズダはスーパー業界ではテスコ(Tesco)、セインズベリー(Sainsbury's)に次ぐ3位。米国の小売最大手ウォルマート(ウォルマート)の完全子会社だったが、2020年にイッサ兄弟が共同で買収した。イッサ兄弟はTDRキャピタルとEGグループの共同創業者でもある。
Asda has announced that Mohsin Issa is stepping back from his executive leadership role to focus on his previously announced role as sole CEO of EG Group.
Stuart Rose will assume Mohsin’s executive responsibilities alongside Rob Hattrell and Asda’s highly experienced leadership team. Rob is currently a Partner at TDR Capital, as well as a Director on the Asda Board. Mohsin remains a co-owner of Asda and non-executive on the Board.
Lord Rose, Chairman of Asda, said: “We respect Mohsin’s decision to move on from his role at Asda where his work is complete to be the sole CEO of EG Group. We are very grateful to Mohsin for the role he has played in overseeing Asda, including launching into the growth market of convenience stores and introducing a loyalty app now used by more than six million customers. He has laid the foundations to deliver a world-class IT infrastructure, strengthening Asda for the long term. I look forward to continuing to benefit from his insight as a non-executive director on our Board.”
Mohsin Issa, co-owner of Asda, said: “I am very proud of the highly experienced team we have built, and the significant progress made to build a bigger and better Asda over the last three years, as well as our unwavering commitment to provide customers with uncompromising value. Given these achievements and the significant strategic steps we have taken, I have decided now is the right time for me to step back from my oversight role at Asda to focus on EG Group as sole chief executive. It is a very exciting time for EG Group, and I am looking forward to focusing on the business while supporting Stuart, Rob and the leadership team in my capacity as a shareholder of Asda.”
Asda continues to progress its search to recruit a CEO to lead the business in the next phase of its strategy and will update in due course.
The shareholder group have invested £3.8bn during the last three years to build a bigger and better Asda for the long term. This has enabled Asda to grow its store footprint from 623 to 1,200 stores and food-to-go sites via organic growth and strategic acquisitions, and launch a hugely successful loyalty app, which now has six million active customers, accounting for more than half of total transactions.
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