Sainsbury's
Bláthnaid was appointed as Chief Financial Officer on 5 March 2023, having joined Sainsbury’s in 2019 as Group Director of Finance before moving to Commercial and Retail Finance Director in 2021. Prior to joining Sainsbury's, Bláthnaid was Chief Finance Operations Officer at Aviva. She was also Group Financial Controller for RSA Insurance as well as Joint Interim Group Chief Financial Officer for six months. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant and spent most of her career at GE in various finance roles working across Europe, Asia and Australia.
Bláthnaid is well embedded in the business and is a highly respected leader. She has a strong record of financial leadership and, over the last three years at Sainsbury's, has supported the development and delivery of the strategy. Bláthnaid has extensive international and finance experience gained during previous and current executive and non-executive positions.
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J Sainsbury plc trading as Sainsbury's is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 16.0% share of the supermarket sector. Founded in 1869, by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company became the largest retailer of groceries in 1922 and was an early adopter of self-service retailing in the United Kingdom.