Career
Sponsored by Lucas, the automotive electrical manufacturers, he went to work for Mars upon graduation becoming production shift manager on Galaxy chocolate, and where he worked with Richard Baker, who became head of Boots.
King joined PepsiCo from 1989 being based in the Middle East, then moved to Grand Metropolitan in 1990, where he helped launch Häagen-Dazs ice-cream in the UK as managing director. He moved to Asda in 1994 and worked with Archie Norman and Allan Leighton becoming managing director of the hypermarkets division. King moved to Marks & Spencers in 2001, where he managed the M & S food division.
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