Bláthnaid Bergin is the new CFO of Sainsbury’s

Bláthnaid Bergin has begun her new role as chief financial officer and joined the Sainsbury's Board on March 5, 2023. Former CFO Kevin O'Byrne retired from the company on March 4, 2023.

Since the company announced Bergin’s appointment as CFO on July 5, 2022, she stepped down as non-executive director, chair of the audit committee and senior independent director of Artemis Alpha Investment Trust.

Bergin earlier served as commercial and retail finance director of the supermarket chain. She joined Sainsbury's in 2019 as group director of finance before moving to commercial and retail finance director in 2021.

Bergin, the company said in a release, has a strong record of financial leadership and, over the last three years at Sainsbury's, has supported the development and delivery of the company’s strategy.

Prior to joining Sainsbury's, Bergin was chief finance operations officer at Aviva. She was also group financial controller for RSA Insurance as well as joint interim group chief financial officer for six months.

She is a qualified Chartered Accountant and spent most of her career at GE in various finance roles working across Europe, Asia and Australia.