David Edward Reid

Sir David Edward Reid (born 5 February 1947) is a Scottish-born British businessman and chartered accountant. He was until 2011 the Chairman of Tesco, Britain's largest supermarket chain. Educated at Fettes College and Aberdeen University, David Reid qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell in 1970. He was appointed Chief Accountant for Philips Video and then for International Stores before becoming Finance Director of Tesco in 1985. He became Deputy Chairman of Tesco in 1993 and then Chairman in 2004. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Reed Elsevier and Chairman of Kwik-Fit Group. He was previously a Non-Executive Director of Legal & General, Westbury and De Vere Group. He is also a Director of the Tesco...