Sir Geoffrey John Mulcahy (born 7 February 1942) is a British businessman who led

Kingfisher plc Kingfisher plc is a British Multinational corporation, multinational retailing company headquartered in London, England. It has over 1,300 stores in nine countries, and its brands include B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt and Screwfix. Kingfisher i ...

, the FTSE 100 Index company.

Career

Born in SunderlandSunderland Arc: Biography
and educated at

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(

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) and

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(

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), Geoffrey Mulcahy started at Esso before moving to

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and then Norton Abrasives. He was successively Finance

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, Chairman and latterly

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, the UK retail conglomerate. Mulcahy was responsible for the purchase of the retail chain Woolworths in 1982, as well as

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and B&Q and was also the Chief Executive of Kingfisher during its subsequent sale of Woolworths in 2001. He retired in 2003. He has since been appointed chairman of the specialist retail consultancy ''Javelin Group''.Javelin Group

References

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