Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC announced the appointments of Trevor Strain as Chief Operating Officer, and Michael Gleeson as Chief Financial Officer. Trevor is currently Group Chief Finance and Commercial Officer, and has been an executive director of Morrisons and Chief Financial Officer since 2013. In his new role as Chief Operating Officer, Trevor will continue to report into Chief Executive, David Potts.

His responsibilities will include commercial, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, operations development, online and wholesale. Michael, a qualified chartered accountant, joined Morrisons in 2014 and is currently Trading Director responsible for ambient grocery, frozen, dairy, fuel and services. He has been Trading Director since January 2017, prior to which he was Group Financial Controller and Supermarkets Finance Director.

Before joining Morrisons, Michael was at Tesco for 15 years in various senior finance roles. Michael will be appointed as an executive director of Morrisons and Chief Financial Officer, reporting into David, effective on the first day of the 2020/21 financial year (3 February 2020), until which time he will be Group Finance Director reporting into Trevor.