Background
Born in Ireland, Philips is the son of a County Wicklow egg farmer.
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Dalton Philips
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He graduated from University College Dublin, and has an Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.
Career
He was the Chief Executive Officer of the United Kingdom supermarket chain Morrisons until March 2015, when he was succeeded by David Potts. His retailing career began in New Zealand, where he began as a store manager. He then had 11 jobs in 14 countries, including an appointment to Jardine Matheson"s Dairy Farm International.
He joined Walmart in 1998, and after working in Brazil, rose to the position of Chief Operating Officer in Germany, where he worked with David Wild, the Halfords chief executive.
He then joined the Weston family retail operation as Chief Executive Officer of upmarket Irish department store group Brown Thomas in 2007, and then becoming Chief Operating Officer of Canadian retailer Loblaw in January 2007, under Allan Leighton. After Morrisons Chief Executive Officer Marc Bolland announced his departure to Marks and Spencers in December 2009, Philips was appointed in a surprise move as his replacement in January 2010.
At Morrisons annual AGM in June 2014, Morrisons former chairman Sir Ken Morrison blasted Phillips and his new board of directors for destroying the company he inherited from his father, Morrison remarked on Dalton"s strategy to save the failing supermarket "from the pressures of Aldi and other discounter stores" stating "When I left work and started working as a hobby, I chose to raise cattle. I have something like 1,000 bullocks and, having listened to your presentation, Dalton, you"ve got a lot more bullshit than medical " He also remarked that Dalton should resign from the company.
In January 2015 lieutenant was announced that Philips would be stepping down as Chief Executive Officer. He will be leaving after the year-end results in March after five years in charge.
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