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Roger Burnley Chief executive, Asda

ASDA’S proposed tie-up with Sainsbury’s may be dead in the water. But while Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe is struggling to come to terms with things, Asda, led by 52-year-old Roger Burnley, has overtaken it to become the second-largest supermarket in the country. Burnley 1 Coupe 0.