Andrew James Clarke (born January 1964) is a British businessman. His most notable position to date is serving as the CEO of the

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chain of supermarkets from 2010 to 2016, until he was replaced by

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(unrelated), the head of parent company

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's operations in China. He began his career as a

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, the supermarket chain, then in 1984 at the age 21, Clarke joined

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as a grocery manager. About 1992, he took over Asda's flagship supermarket in Edinburgh and had increasing responsibility from there. In 2000, he joined discount clothing chain

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as chief operating officer, and then worked at

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and

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supermarket. He rejoined Asda in 2005 and became the chief operating officer. In November 2017, Clarke joined the food tech start-up

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as its chairman.

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