24 October 2025
Australian expat businesswoman Shirine Khoury-Haq is not widely known here at home – but she’s the CEO of one of the UK’s largest retailers, and an influential leader internationally on social and political issues.
As CEO of the 180-year-old Co-op Group, she plays a leading role in the group’s push for profits, as well as the interests of the seven million members who rely on nearly two and a half thousand Co-op supermarkets for their weekly shop.
Listen to the full interview on The Radio National Hour, ABC Radio.
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