Asda appoints former Morrisons boss as chief executive as sales struggle

David Potts to take over immediately, as executive chair Allan Leighton steps back to non-executive strategic role Business live – latest updates Asda has appointed the 69-year-old former boss of Morrisons, David Potts, as chief executive with immediate effect as it continues to struggle to lift sales. The UK’s third largest supermarket said that 73-year-old executive chair Allan Leighton, who has been running the business since 2024 , would now step back to a non-executive role focusi