New CTO at Tesco

Tesco has appointed Guus Dekkers as Chief Technology Officer, following the retirement of Edmond Mesrobian.

Dekkers was most recently Chief Information Officer at Airbus and will be tasked with continuing the grocery giant’s digital transformation initiative, which it has been working on for the past three years. Dave Lewis, Tesco Group CEO, says that he “brings extremely strong expertise in driving large scale IT transformations...I’m looking forward to working with him, and want to thank Edmond for all that he has done to build our technology capability and enhance our security and resilience since 2015. I completely understand Edmond’s desire to return home to Seattle and wish him and his family all the very best.”

Dekkers adds: “I am excited to be joining Tesco. I hope that my experience in large scale IT transformations, advanced information technologies, business process optimisations and digital innovations will allow me to support Tesco in translating rapidly evolving technological and digital capabilities into innovative solutions, helping us to serve our customers a little better every day.”