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Asda appoints former Morrisons boss as chief executive as sales struggle

Asda appoints former Morrisons boss as chief executive as sales struggle

David Potts to take over immediately as executive chair Allan Leighton steps back to non-executive strategic role

Asda has appointed David Potts, the 69-year-old former boss of Morrisons, as its chief executive with immediate effect as it continues to struggle to lift sales.

The UK’s third largest supermarket said its 73-year-old executive chair, Allan Leighton, who has been running the business since 2024, would now step back to a non-executive role focusing on “the long-term strategic agenda for the business”.

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