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Australia's Woolworths chair Gordon Cairns to retire

Published 07/25/2022, 06:47 PM
Updated 07/26/2022, 12:25 AM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Women walk dogs in front of a Woolworths store in Sydney July 30, 2013. Australia's largest supermarket chain Woolworths Ltd on Tuesday reported a 4.3 percent increase in fourth-quarter total group sales year-on-year, even as food and liquor s

(Reuters) -Australia's Woolworths Group said on Tuesday that Chairman Gordon Cairns would retire in October after seven years in the role.

Long-standing non-executive director Scott Perkins will succeed Cairns at the country's largest supermarket chain operator.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Woolworths supermarket following the easing of restrictions implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

Cairns, who gave up a fifth of his board fee when Woolworths faced a wage scandal in 2019, plans to step down after the group's annual general meeting on Oct. 26.

The duo had a similar career move in 2020, when Perkins was elected to succeed Cairns as the chairman of Australia's second-largest power producer, Origin Energy Ltd. (https://

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