Justin King has been Chief Executive of Sainsbury’s since March 2004. Before joining Sainsbury’s, he was Director of Food at Marks & Spencer and prior to that held senior positions at ASDA/Wal-Mart and was Managing Director of Haagen-Dazs UK. His early career was at Mars Confectionery and Pepsi International.

Justin is a member of the CBI President’s Committee and is a non-executive director of Staples Inc.

In January 2009 Justin was appointed to the Board of the London Organising Committee for the Olympics by Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London.

In October 2010 he was made a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group.

In the Birthday Honours 2011 Justin was awarded a CBE.