Alex Russo

Alex joined the B&M Group on 5 October 2020 and the Board as the Group’s Chief Financial Officer on 16 November 2020. Alex has had a long senior career in retail, having successfully held Executive Board positions in leading international retailers including Asda, Tesco plc, and Kingfisher plc. He served as Chief Financial Officer, and Senior Vice President, at Walmart’s Asda business between 2014 and 2018. Prior to joining Asda, he was Tesco’s Chief Financial Officer of South Korea, its largest international subsidiary. Prior to that, he was Tesco’s Commercial Financial Director for its UK business. His broad retail career covers the UK, European and Asian markets. Alex has also been a Non-Executive Director in leading consumer goods businesses in the UK and internationally. Alex earned an MBA postgraduate degree with Distinction at the London Business School in 1999, following Engineering and Finance BSc degrees with a First.​