Half Year 2021 Tesco PLC Earnings Call Transcript

Oct 07, 2020 / 08:00AM GMT
Ken Murphy - Tesco PLC - Group CEO & Executive Director

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the interim results presentation for Tesco. My name is Ken Murphy, I'm the CEO of Tesco. And I'm joined by my colleague, Alan Stewart, our CFO.

Let me briefly introduce you to the agenda for today's presentation. Firstly, I'll talk you through the highlights, then I'll pass to Alan to go through the first half results. And then I'll talk to you a little bit about why I joined Tesco and why I'm so excited about this role and the future of Tesco. And then we'll finish with some Q&A.

Before I start, let me just give you a brief introduction to me. I've been 25 years working across wholesaling and retailing. Initially with UniChem back in '95. And then through a series of mergers, ended up working in retail, firstly, with boots in the U.K. and then laterally with Walgreens in the U.S. And I have to say I'm really excited about joining this business. I think it's an absolutely fantastic business.

And before Alan talks you through the financial metrics, let me tell you about some of

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