Kevin O'Byrne

Biography

Kevin joined the Board of J Sainsbury plc in January 2017 bringing a wealth of retail and finance experience. Kevin was previously Chief Executive Officer of Poundland Group and held executive roles at Kingfisher plc from 2008 to 2015, including Chief Executive Officer of B&Q UK & Ireland, Divisional CEO of China, Turkey and UK & Ireland and Group Finance Director.

Prior to this, Kevin was Group Finance Director of Dixons Retail plc. Kevin was a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Land Securities plc from 2008 to 2017 and has been appointed as Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Centrica plc with effect from May 2019.

Kevin graduated from Trinity in 1987.