# J Sainsbury changes positions on the PLC and Operating Board

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/j-sainsbury-changes-positions-on-the-plc-and-operating-board/412794288
- Published: 2019-10-01T07:47:16+01:00
- Author: Amilia Stone

**J Sainsbury **(LON:SBRY) has today announced changes to positions on the plc Board
and Operating Board. 

John Rogers, CEO of Sainsbury’s Argos, is leaving the business to become Chief Financial
Officer of [WPP PLC](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/ftse-company/wpp-plc/wpp.l).
John will leave the business on 31^(st) October 2019. 

Argos’s retail and logistics teams will report into Simon Roberts, Retail and Operations
Director and Argos’s commercial team will report into Paul Mills-Hicks, Commercial
Director. There are no additional changes to the Operating Board as a result of 
this move. 

> **Mike Coupe, Chief Executive Officer, said**:
> “John has worked alongside me for over fourteen years and has made an outstanding
> contribution to the business. He leaves Sainsbury’s with our best wishes for the
> future.”

> **John Rogers said**:
> “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time working at J Sainsbury over the last fourteen
> years and, in particular, the last three years as CEO of Sainsbury’s Argos. The
> opportunity to work with WPP, however, was too good to miss and I look forward
> to being a part of WPP’s leadership team as it embarks on its new strategy for
> growth.”

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