Justin King

Chief executive
Appointed Chief Executive Officer on 29 March 2004 and is also
Chairman of the Operating Board. He has been a Non-Executive
Director of Staples, Inc. since September 2007 and was appointed
to the board of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic
Games and Paralympic Games in January 2009. He was formerly
Director of Food at Marks & Spencer plc and from 1994 to 2001 he
held a number of senior positions at ASDA/Wal-Mart in Trading, HR
and Retail. Justin was previously Managing Director of Häagen
Dazs UK and spent much of his early career with Mars
Confectionery and Pepsi International
 Darren Shapland
Chief financial officer
Appointed Chief Financial Officer on 1 August 2005 and is also Deputy
Chairman of Sainsbury's Bank plc. Darren was appointed a Non-
Executive Director of Ladbrokes plc in November 2009. He was
formerly Group Finance Director of Carpetright plc from 2002-2005
and Finance Director of Superdrug Stores plc from 2000-2002.
Between 1988-2000, Darren held a number of financial and
operational management roles at Arcadia plc including Joint
Managing Director, Arcadia Home Shopping; Finance Director of
Arcadia brands; Finance Director, Top Shop/Top Man (Burton
Group) and Director of Supply Chain Programme (Burton Group).
 Gwyn Burr
Customer director
Joined the Operating Board in 2004 and became a director
of Sainsbury's Bank in 2007. Gwyn is responsible for
Marketing, Own Brand and Customer Service. She has
over 20 years' business experience, including 5 with
Nestle Rowntree and over 13 with ASDA/Wal-Mart
where she held various Board level positions. Before
joining Sainsbury's, Gwyn founded her own marketing
consultancy, The Resultant Team. She is currently chair
of the Business in the Community, Cause Related
Marketing Leadership team.
 Mike Coupe
Trading director
Appointed to the Executive Board on 1 August 2007.
Appointed an Executive Director on 1 August 2007 and has
been a member of the Operating Board since October
2004. He joined Sainsbury's from Big Food Group where
he was a Board Director of Big Food Group plc and
Managing Director of Iceland Food Stores. Mike
previously worked for both ASDA and Tesco, where he
served in a variety of senior management roles. He is
also a member of the supervisory board of GSI UK. Age
48
 Roger Burnley
Retail and logistics director
Appointed to the Operating Board in March 2006 as Supply
Chain Director and in April 2008 he assumed the new
role of Retail and Logistics Director. Roger was
previously Supply Chain Director at Matalan. He spent
his early career in retail management and buying at B&Q
before joining ASDA/Wal-Mart, where he held a number
of positions before becoming Supply Chain Director in
2001
 Imelda Walsh
HR director
HR Director since October 2001. Appointed to the
Operating Board when formed in May 2004. Before this
she was a member of the Board of Sainsbury's
Supermarkets Ltd from March 2003. Director of
Sainsbury's Bank plc. Prior to joining Sainsbury's, she
worked for Barclays Retail Financial Services, Coca-Cola
and Schweppes Beverages. Author of the Flexible
working review, published May 2008, which
recommended how to extend the right to request flexible
working to parents of older children.