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Article: Matalan shops at Asda for new finance director
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 14, 2002
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THE NEW chief executive of Matalan returned to Asda to beef up the
discount retailer's board after its finance director announced plans
to step down at the end of the financial year.
Paul Mason, who joined Matalan from Asda in January, poached Phil
Dutton from the US-owned supermarket chain to replace Ian Smith. Mr
Dutton, 41, is the third former Asda executive to join Matalan's
board since February.
"Asda is a great retailer and they are only 60 miles away in the
north," Mr Mason said, denying that he had designs on any of the
chain's other employees. "I like to think we have effected most of
the change," he added, referring to the five recent executive
appointees from outside the ...