Richard Broadbent

Sir Richard John Broadbent KCB) is a British businessman.

Career
Broadbent joined HM Treasury in 1975. He spent ten years at the Treasury, including periods as Private Secretary to both Labour and Conservative Party ministers. He took up a Harkness Fellowship at Stanford Business School in the US in 1983 before joining Schroders investment bank in London in 1986.

He was appointed to the Board of Tesco plc in July 2011 and took over as Chairman in December 2011; he resigned in October 2014 following reports of accounting errors and falling sales attributed to competition from discount stores Aldi and Lidl. He is member of the Council of Relate, the relationship charity and Chairman of the GSB Trust.

Personal life
He lives in Norfolk with his wife, Jill. The couple run workshops and courses at the Centre for Compassionate Communication, located in their home overlooking the Regent's Canal in North London.