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Jean Tomlin will join the board at Sainsbury as a non-executive director from January 1 2013, following the retirement of Anna Ford, which is effective from December 31 2012.
Tomlin, who was previously group HR director for the London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games will chair the Corporate Responsibility Committee and sit on the Remuneration and Nomination Committees at Sainsbury.
Commenting on her appointment, Tomlin said: "Sainsbury has an outstanding reputation and — with 22M customers and 150,000 colleagues — touches so many areas of day-to-day life. I very much look forward to playing my part in the company’s future progress.”
Sainsbury chairman David Tyler said Tomlin’s “unique experience and breadth of skills” will be a great addition to the company.