Michael Luscombe

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Michael Gerard Luscombe (22 July 1953 – 27 April 2018)

CEO and managing director of Woolworths, the largest retail company in Australia, from 2006 until 2011.[2]

Early life

Luscombe was educated at De La Salle College, Malvern and Monash University. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics in 1978.[3]

Professional career

Luscombe began working for Woolworths in 1978 as a graduate trainee in the company's store at

ANZ. In 2004, he was appointed director of supermarkets at Woolworths
, and oversaw the company's takeover of more than 150 new stores.

In October 2006, Luscombe was announced as the new CEO of Woolworths.

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, over the company's practice of using planning laws to object to the construction of supermarkets by its competitors.[5]

In August 2009, Luscombe announced the launch of

Bunnings Warehouse
chain. At that time, he stated to the financial press that Masters was expected to be profitable in two to three years. In January 2016, Woolworths announced the cessation of the Masters business after the expenditure of in excess of two billion Australian dollars. Financial analysts expect further losses of approximately one billion dollars in closing down the business.

On 4 April 2011, Luscombe announced that he would be retiring as CEO of Woolworths in October.[6]

Death

Luscombe died on 27 April 2018 from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.[7]

References

  1. Sydney Morning Herald
    . 30 April 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. ^ Management Woolworths
  3. ^ Michael Luscombe - Prominent Monash Alumnus Archived 23 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Minding the store: Michael Luscombe on the Woolworths CEO role - CEO Forum Group
  5. ^ Business Spectator - Short changed by Woolies
  6. ^ Luscombe checks out at Woolies, with O'Brien to get top job The Australian
  7. ^ "Ex Woolworths CEO Michael Luscombe dies from rare brain disease". Australian Financial Review. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
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