Roger Whiteside

Roger Mark Whiteside OBE (born 13 June 1958)[1] is a British businessman, the chief executive (CEO) of Greggs, the largest bakery chain in the United Kingdom, since February 2013.[2]

Early life

He was born in Fulham. His father was in the British Army, and he moved to RAF Wildenrath in Germany. He returned to Southampton when he was 11 and attended Itchen Sixth Form College,[3] then the University of Leeds, and gained a First Class degree in Economics in 1979.[4]

Career
Greggs bakery

Marks & Spencer

He joined Marks & Spencer in 1979, and worked with Sir Richard Greenbury, and helped to set up the Simply Food division. He became head of the food division at Marks & Spencer, with Nigel Robertson.

Ocado

He helped to set up Ocado in 2000, with Tim Steiner, Jason Gissing and Jonathan Faiman. He was joint managing director with Nigel Robertson.[5] Ocado sold products from Waitrose.

Greggs

He became Chief Executive of Greggs on 4 February 2013.

Personal life

He lives in Wargrave, in Berkshire. He is married with two children.

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to Women and Equality.[6]

References
  1. "GREGGS PLC - Officers (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  2. "Stocks". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  3. "Itchen College :: Guest Speaker: Roger Whiteside, CEO of Greggs". www.itchen.ac.uk.
  4. Armstrong, Ashley (November 7, 2015). "Greggs' boss says global growth is 'impossible'" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  5. Mills, Lauren (November 9, 2003). "Joint managing directors are poised to leave Ocado" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  6. "New Year Honours list 2019" (PDF). GOV.UK. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
Business positions
Preceded by
Ken McMeikan		 Chief Executive of Greggs
February 2013 -		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
 Chief Executive of Punch Taverns
August 2011 - January 2013		 Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Chief Executive of Threshers
2004 - 2007		 Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Joint Managing Director of Ocado
(with Nigel Robertson)
2000 - November 2003		 Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Joint Director of Food at Marks & Spencer
(with Nigel Robertson)
- 1999		 Succeeded by


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