Profile - Dave Lewis: Cost cutter
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Name: Dave Lewis
Age:53
Appearance: tanned, wiry and muscular
Newsworthiness: the chief executive of Tesco is planning to cut up to 9,000 jobs
Dave Lewis does not particularly like his nickname. “Drastic Dave makes you sound like you are some sort of hatchet man who turns around businesses in a very particular way,” he complained to an interviewer shortly after being appointed chief executive of Tesco in 2014.
Speaking to his new ...