Marc Bolland

Not to be confused with Marc Bolan.

Marc Bolland
Born	28 March 1959 (1959-03-28) (age 52) Apeldoorn, Amsterdam
Residence	Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
Nationality	Dutch
Education	Apeldoorn Lyceum
Occupation	Businessman
Salary	£975,000[1]
Title	CEO of Morrisons (2006–09) CEO of M&S (2010–present)
Website
Official site of M&S

Marc Bolland (born 28 March 1959) is a Dutch businessman, who is the current CEO of Marks and Spencer Group plc. and has been noted to be one of the most influential people ^[2] in business for 2010

Biography

The son of a factory owner, he attended Apeldoorn Lyceum. He received a bachelors degree from the Hotelschool The Hague, and then obtained a base degree and an MBA at the University of Groningen.^[3]

Heineken

He began as a graduate at Amsterdam-based Heineken International NV, now the third largest brewer in the world, in 1987. He became chief operating officer in 2005.

Morrisons

The new logo introduced at Morrisons under his management

On 4 September 2006, he took over the running of Morrisons. Sir Ken Morrison CBE had been at the helm since 1956 over thirty seven years. It was also at a time when Morrisons was notably under financial pressure due to subsuming the (larger) competitor Safeway, which involved divesting many of their smaller stores, and moved its headquarters. The fact that he had spent almost twenty years at Heineken was one of the reasons Sir Ken Morrison appointed him, for whom length of service is an important attribute. Sir Ken stayed as Chairman until March 2008. Sir Ian Gibson is now Chairman.

Under his leadership, the Morrisons logo was changed. New television adverts were introduced such as the Christmas promotion with the footballer Alan Hansen. The slogan More Reasons to shop with Morrisons was simultaneously dropped, replaced with "Fresh For You Everyday" to reinforce the integrated supply chain message.

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

On Wednesday 18 November 2009, it was announced that Bolland would become CEO of Marks & Spencer Group PLC. He took up this role on 1 May 2010, when he took over from the then current Chairman Stuart Rose, having been released from his Morrisons contractual agreement six months early.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} M&S announces Marc Bolland’s start date & remuneration, 1 February 2010
2. ^ This is London November 2010
3. ^ Telegraph July 2009

External links

• Morrisons profile
• Marks and Spencer Homepage
• Heineken

News items

• Guardian December 2008
• Times December 2008
• Daily Mail December 2007
• Refreshing the parts of Morrisons in June 2006 - Telegraph and Argus

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Name	Bolland, Marc
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Date of birth	28 March 1959
Place of birth	Apeldoorn, Amsterdam
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