Thursday, January 31, 2019

Ben Reid (CEO)

Leo Sammallahti:


Ben Reid is member of the board of directors of [[International Co-operative Alliance|International Cooperative Alliance]] and former CEO of [[Midcounties Co-operative]].

He began his career as am employee in a small co-operative in Ilkeston<ref>http://bit.ly/2GddDc3>. He moved to Walsall in 1988 when he was appointed deputy chief executive of West Midlands Co-op. He became chief executive in 1992. In 2005 West Midlands merged with the Oxford, Swindon and Gloucester Society to become Midcounties Cooperative.

Under his leadership Midcounties Co-operative grew into the UK’s largest independent co-operative and moved also to childcare, travel, health and energy<ref>http://bit.ly/2G15NCN>. He was also an early pioneer of the [[Fair Tax Mark]]<ref>http://bit.ly/2GhEbZo>.

==References==

[[Category:English businesspeople in retailing]]
[[Category:Living people]]


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