Background
Bond"s father was a plumber and his mother a nurse He was born in Grantham, and attended The King"s School, Grantham and gained four A levels.
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Education
He received a first-class Bachelor of Engineering Honours in Gas Engineering from Salford University in 1987 as part of a British Gas plc scholarship spending a year on the job in the gas industry.
Career
He started his career as a graduate trainee engineer with British Gas. In 1988, he worked for Manchester-based Hopkinsons Group, one of British Gas"s suppliers, as a marketing manager. In 1992-1993, he studied for an Master of Business Administration at Cranfield School of Management.
He began at ASDA as a marketing manager for Archie Norman, when aged 29 in April 1994, having been top of his course at Cranfield.
He was noted for his determination and eye for detail. At ASDA, he worked under Allan Leighton and with Justin King.
In 1998, he became corporate marketing director, then in 1999, he became European own-label director In November 2000, he headed the George clothing brand of ASDA (worth about £1bn a year on its own in the United Kingdom, and based near Lutterworth), working with designer Kate Bostock, after the potentially-damaging departure of George Davies.
He became Chief Operating Officer of ASDA in September 2004, then Chief Executive Officer in March 2005, resigning this position in April 2010.
April 2007 interview on British Broadcasting Corporation Breakfast.
