Stuart Machin

Stuart took over as Chief Executive Officer on 25 May 2022. Having joined M&S as Food Managing Director in April 2018 with nearly 30 years’ experience in the food, fashion and home retail sector, Stuart was appointed joint Chief Operating Officer in May last year. In his new CEO role, Stuart will continue to serve as a Director of Ocado Retail Ltd. Stuart is also the Executive Lead for HR.

Prior to joining M&S, Stuart held senior operational and commercial roles in UK retailers Sainsbury’s, Tesco and ASDA. More recently, Stuart was CEO at Steinhoff UK and spent 10 years in Australia working at Wesfarmers as COO and CEO of Coles and Target respectively. In 2013, Stuart attended the Harvard AMP program.