Richard Walker (businessman)

Richard Malcolm Walker OBE (born 1980 or 1981[1]) is the executive chairman of the privately held British Iceland supermarket chain of predominately frozen food retailers. He is the son of the company's founder Malcolm Walker and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor, prior to joining Iceland.[2][3][4][1][5] In 2023 he expressed an interest in standing for Parliament as a Conservative, but later left the party.

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