Andrew James Clarke (born January 1964)[1] is a British businessman.
He was the CEO of the Asda chain of supermarkets from 2010 to 2016, until he was replaced by Sean Clarke (unrelated), the head of parent company Walmart's operations in China.
[2][3][4] He began his career as a Fine Fare, the supermarket chain, then in 1984 at the age of 21, Clarke joined Morrisons as a grocery manager.
In 2000, he joined discount clothing chain Matalan as chief operating officer, and then worked at McKinsey & Company and Iceland supermarket.
[5][6] In November 2017, Clarke joined the food tech start-up Spoon Guru as its chairman.