Page will join at a mutually agreed time and will assume responsibility for commercial and marketing functions at the Woolworths retail business.

Page has been at Asda since 1994. Before that he was senior buyer at Sainsbury's.

Woolworths chief executive Trevor Bish-Jones says, "Tony has a strong track record of driving growth and innovation across a broad range of general merchandise categories. He will bring invaluable experience to Woolworths to help us continue the development of our product offer and ...