Co-op Group MD Matt Hood to leave the business alongside two senior leaders
Co-op group managing director Matt Hood is to leave the business as part of a trio of senior departures.
Nicole Tallant, food trading director, will also be leaving as will Tom Bradley, commercial and logistics strategy director.
Subscribe to TRBKate Allum, interim chief executive of Co-op, told The Grocer: “I can confirm that Matt Hood, Nicole Tallant and Tom Bradley have decided to leave our Co-op to take up new roles outside of the food retail sector.
“I am pleased that all three will remain with us for some months to ensure a well managed transition, maintain stability and continue to help deliver our strategy.
“Between them, Matt, Nicole and Tom have made a significant contribution to our food business and to the wider Co-op, with their commitment, leadership and expertise having a lasting impact, and they will be greatly missed by colleagues across the business, We wish all three of them the very best for the future.”
Hood has worked with the Co-op for over 12 years after initially joining as head of commercial for chilled. Prior to that, he served in various senior sourcing and buying roles at Tesco.
Tallant and Bradley are also longstanding employees, having worked with business for eight and five years respectively.
Co-op has also confirmed that chief procurement officer Imran Rasul will be stepping into the newly created role of chief commercial officer, as part of a move to create two separate commercial and logistics functions, rather than having them sit under one leader as they did under Hood.
In March, Co-op announced that Shirine Khoury-Haq would be stepping down as group chief executive. The news came as the business reported that it had swung to an underlying pre-tax loss of £125 million in 2025 following the impact of last year’s cyber attack.
