Terry Duddy

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Home Retail Group is a leading home and general merchandise retailer. They sell products under two complementary brands - Argos and Homebase - that are household names in the UK.

Chief Executive
Home Retail Group

Terry Duddy began his career at Letraset in 1978, initially in personnel management and later in product management.  He joined the Dixons Stores Group in 1984, where he held various commercial positions, including Sales Director of Currys, Product Marketing Director of the Dixons Stores Group and, latterly, Managing Director of PC World.

Terry Duddy joined GUS in August 1998 as Chief Executive of the newly acquired Argos, becoming a director of GUS later that year.  In 2000 he was appointed Chief Executive of the Argos Retail Group and in December 2002 Homebase was acquired and brought into the Group.  Following demerger from GUS, the newly named Home Retail Group entered the FTSE100 in October 2006.