Co-operative Group Limited

==Background==
The Co-operative Group is the UK's largest mutual business, owned by over seven million customer members,An introduction to The Co-operative group, The Co-operative website. Accessed on 23/10/13. who have a say in how the business is run and how its social goals are achieved.
The group comprises a family of businesses, including: Food, Travel, Financial Services, Pharmacy, Funeralcare, Legal Services, Motors and Online Electricals.
==People==
===The Co-operative Group Board===
*Len Wardle, Group Chair
*Jenny Barnes
*Steven Bayes, Group Deputy Chair
*Duncan Bowdler
*John Brodie
*Patrick Grange
*Ray Henderson
*Michael Harriot
*Ursula Lidbetter, Group Deputy Chair
*Liz Moyle
*Munir Malik
*Eric Calderwood
*Martyn Cheatle
*Herbert Daybell
*David Pownall
*Stuart Ramsay
*Ben Reid
*Mark Smith
*Jenny de Villiers
*Marc Bicknell
====The Co-operative Food Board====
*Ursula Lidbetter, Group Deputy Chair & Chair of Food Board
*Len Wardle, Group Chair
*Jenny Barnes, Group Director
*John Brodie, Group Director
*Eric Calderwood, Group Director
*Martyn Cheatle, Group Director
*Herbert Daybell, Group Director
*Patrick Grange, Group Director
*Ray Henderson, Group Director
*Marc Bicknell, Group Director 
*John Longworth, Independent Professional Non-Executive Director
*Euan Sutherland, Group Chief Executive
*Steve Murrells, Chief Executive, Food
====The Co-operative Bank plc====
Non-executive directors
*Richard Pym, Chair of The Co-operative Bank plc
*Richard Coates, Independent Professional Non-Executive Director
*Anne Gunther, Independent Professional Non-Executive Director
*Merlyn Lowther, Independent Professional Non-Executive Director
*Euan Sutherland, Group Chief Executive
*Ben Reid, Group Director
*Graeme Hardie, Independent Professional Non-Executive Director
Executive directors
*Rod Bulmer, Deputy Chief Executive
*Niall Booker, Chief Executive
====The Co-operative Specialist Businesses====
*Len Wardle, Group Chair
*Michael Harriot, Group Director
*Steven Bayes, Group Deputy Chair /Chair of the Specialist Businesses Board
*Jenny di Villiers, Group Director
*Penny Coates, Independent Professional Non-Executive Director
*Michael Cutt, Independent Professional Non-Executive Director
*Munir Malik, Group Director
*Euan Sutherland, Group Chief Executive
*Liz Moyle, Group Director
*David Pownall, Group Director
*Stuart Ramsay, Group Director
*Mark Smith, Group Director
===The Co-operative Group Executive===
*Euan Sutherland, Group Chief Executive
*Niall Booker, Chief Executive - Co-operative Banking Group
*Rebecca Skitt, Chief HR Officer
*Nick Folland, Executive Director, Group CEO Office. Group Director – External Affairs
*Steve Murrells, Chief Executive, Retail
*Gill Barr, Group Marketing Director
*Mark Craig, Group Director of Co-operative Relations
*Andy Haywood, Chief Information Officer
*Martyn Hulme, Managing Director Co-operative Estates
*Moira Lees, Group Secretary
*Richard Pennycook, Chief Financial Officer
*Alistair Asher, Group General Counsel
George Tinning, Managing Director – Funerals and Paula Kerrigan, Director of Group Strategy, reports directly to the Group Chief Executive but are not part of the Group Executive.
====The Co-operative Retail Executive====
Reporting to Steve Murrells:
*Sean Toal, Chief Operating Officer
*Steve Bailey, Finance Director
*David Roberts, Property Director
*Michael Fletcher, Trading Director
*Cheryl Marshall, Service Delivery Director
*Mark Hale, Supply Chain Director
*Howard Reed, Food CIO
*Ian Ayling, Customer Change Director
*Andrew Mann, Customer Director
*John Nuttall, Managing Director Healthcare
*Helen Webb will join the business in January 2014 as Food HR Director 
====The Co-operative Banking Group Executive====
Reporting to Niall Booker:
*John Hughes, Managing Director, Retail Bank
*Mark Summerfield, Managing Director, Insurance Division 
*Julie Harding, HR Director
*Grahame McGirr, Interim Chief Risk Officer
*John Baines, Interim Chief Financial Officer
*Bruce Hope-MacLellan, Chief Operating Officer
*Rod Bulmer, Deputy Chief Executive of The Co-operative Banking Group and Executive Director - Core Bank
*Peter Coleman, Chief Information Officer
==Contact==
:The Co-operative Group 
:1 Angel Square
:Manchester
:M60 0AG
:Phone: 0161 834 1212
==Affiliations==
The Co-operative Group was a donor to the Science Media Centre from September 2002 to October 2004 according to the SMC.Data from Internet Archive holdings of the Science Media Centre website, 2002-2013. 
*Sep 2002http://web.archive.org/web/20021224034413/http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/aboutus/fundingsystem.html
*Apr 2003 http://web.archive.org/web/20030625193943/http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/aboutus/fundingsystem.html
*Nov 2003 http://web.archive.org/web/20040214043237/http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/funding.htm
*Oct 2004 http://web.archive.org/web/20041205182639/http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/funding.htm
==References==
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