Talk:Martin Scicluna (businessman)

Edit Request / COI

My name is Sophie and I work in the communications team at Sainsbury’s.

I’m aware of Wikipedia’s COI rules, and so I wanted to ask for some help in reviewing and building out this stub entry. I'd be really grateful if an editor would review the entry and consider my suggestions:

1. Amend middle name from ‘A’ to ‘Anthony’. Source Companies House

2. Update first line to: ‘(born in November 1950 in Malta) is a British businessman and has been chairman of Sainsbury’s since March 2019 after joining the Board in November 2018.’ Sources include Companies House, The Times and The Telegraph

3. Delete ‘and RSA Insurance Group’ in the first sentence as this is a position he no longer holds. Source is an announcement made by RSA Group in March 2021

4. Add the following to the end of the first paragraph: ‘Prior to Sainsbury’s, his Non-Executive roles included Chairman of RSA Insurance Group plc, Chairman of Great Portland Estates plc, Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Worldpay Inc. and Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Lloyds Banking Group plc.’ Sources for these include The Telegraph, The Times, The Times and Speakers for Schools

5. Insert new second paragraph: ‘Scicluna was Chairman of RSA Group from January 2013 until June 2021. In March 2018 he was named FTSE 100 Non-Executive Director of the Year for his work chairing RSA’s board. He was recognised “for having made a significant contribution to RSA’s strategy and for demonstrating high ethical standards and championing strong corporate governance practices.” During his tenure as Chairman, the Board oversaw the sale of RSA Group to Intact Financial Corporation and Tryg for £7.2 billion in June 2021. He was also a member of the Financial Services Trade and Investment Board from 2013 to 2015.’ Sources include The Times, The Times, Companies House, an announcement by RSA Group, The Guardian, Actuarial Post, Financial Times, Finextra and Retail Week

6. Remove current third paragraph and replace with: ‘Scicluna’s executive career was spent at Deloitte where he worked for 34 years, 26 of those as a Partner and where his clients included Dixons, WH Smith and Cadbury. He became Deloitte’s youngest Chairman at 45 and held the position from 1995 to 2007. He also contributed to the Cadbury Committee on Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance and between 1990 and 1995, was an Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Council member, chairing its Auditing Committee.’ Sources include minutes from a meeting of the Cadbury Committee, the book ‘The Auditors Talk: An Oral History of a Profession from the 1920s to the Present Day’, The Times, Retail Week, The Times, Companies House, The Times and The Grocer

7. Move the paragraph about education to the end to make it fourth and amend to: ‘Scicluna was educated at Berkhamsted School, where he received a British Council Scholarship and studied Economics, Law and Accountancy at the University of Leeds. In 2008 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the University. He is also a member of Speakers for Schools. Away from business he is a supporter of Arsenal Football Club.’ Sources include Speakers for Schools, The Times , the book ‘The Auditors Talk: An Oral History of a Profession from the 1920s to the Present Day’, Tottenham & Wood Green Independent and The Times

Please let me know if you have any questions. 09:59, 7 February 2023 (UTC) SPraill (talk) 09:59, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Your proposals are reasonable and I wouldn't object them. However, I feel anguish because of the missing wikipediafication of the proposal: There are 17 individual "citations" (if I counted correctly) that are plain bare links; this requires a lot of work and cleanup which I feel shouldn't be done by volunteers if you receive monetary compensation for your edits to Wikipedia. Please see WP:CITEHOW for help. Best regards, -- Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 05:59, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: Please repropose the desired edit with proper references. Best regards, -- Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 17:40, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, Johannes for taking the time to review my request. I have now updated the citations appropriately so they are in-keeping with Wikipedia’s guidelines. It would be much appreciated if you could please take another look:

1. Amend middle name from ‘A’ to ‘Anthony’.

Source: Martin Anthony SCICLUNA - Companies House

2. Update first line to: ‘(born in November 1950 in Malta) is a British businessman and has been chairman of Sainsbury’s since March 2019 after joining the Board in November 2018.’

Sources include:

Martin Anthony SCICLUNA - Companies House ; Business big shot: Martin Scicluna (23 November 2012), The Times;

Hannah Boland and Jack Torrance (11 July 2018), “Sainsbury's names City grandee Martin Scicluna as new chairman”, Daily Telegraph

3. Delete ‘and RSA Insurance Group’ in the first sentence as this is a position he no longer holds.

Source is a press release issued by RSA Group: “RSA names Chair and CFO roles for its UK and International business entities after proposed takeover” (25 March 2021)

4. Add the following to the end of the first paragraph: ‘Prior to Sainsbury’s, his Non-Executive roles included Chairman of RSA Insurance Group plc, Chairman of Great Portland Estates plc, Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Worldpay Inc. and Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Lloyds Banking Group plc.’

Sources for these include:

Hannah Boland and Jack Torrance (11 July 2018), “Sainsbury's names City grandee Martin Scicluna as new chairman”, Daily Telegraph;

James Ashton (4 May 2019) “Sainsbury’s chairman refuses to shop around for new chief after Asda failure”, The Times;

Richard Merdle (25 March 2018), “NED Award for FTSE 100: Martin Scicluna took the reins in midst of a crisis”, The Times;

“Martin Scicluna – Speakers for Schools”, speakers4schools.org

5. Insert new second paragraph: ‘Scicluna was Chairman of RSA Group from January 2013 until June 2021. In March 2018 he was named FTSE 100 Non-Executive Director of the Year for his work chairing RSA’s board. He was recognised “for having made a significant contribution to RSA’s strategy and for demonstrating high ethical standards and championing strong corporate governance practices.” During his tenure as Chairman, the Board oversaw the sale of RSA Group to Intact Financial Corporation and Tryg for £7.2 billion in June 2021. He was also a member of the Financial Services Trade and Investment Board from 2013 to 2015.’

Sources include:

Richard Merdle (25 March 2018), “NED Award for FTSE 100: Martin Scicluna took the reins in midst of a crisis”, The Times;

Business big shot: Martin Scicluna (23 November 2012), The Times;

Martin Anthony SCICLUNA - Companies House;

A press release issued by RSA Group: “RSA names Chair and CFO roles for its UK and International business entities after proposed takeover” (25 March 2021);

Mark Sweney (28 November 2020) “RSA agrees £7.2bn takeover by two overseas insurers” The Guardian;

“Intact and Tryg complete their acquisition of RSA Group” Actuarial Post ;

Jonathan Eley (10 July 2018) “Sainsbury set to name Martin Scicluna chairman”, Financial Times;

“Vantiv closes Worldpay acquisition” (16 January 2018) Finextra;

Luke Tugby (17 July 2018) “Profile: Sainsbury’s new chairman Martin Scicluna”, Retail Week

6. Remove current third paragraph and replace with: ‘Scicluna’s executive career was spent at Deloitte where he worked for 34 years, 26 of those as a Partner and where his clients included Dixons, WH Smith and Cadbury. He became Deloitte’s youngest Chairman at 45 and held the position from 1995 to 2007. He also contributed to the Cadbury Committee on Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance and between 1990 and 1995, was an Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Council member, chairing its Auditing Committee.’

Sources include:

Minutes from a meeting of the Cadbury Committee: https://cadbury.cjbs.archios.info/_media/files/CAD-02267.pdf ;

“Note of key points arising from meeting between Martin Scicluna, Martyn Jones and Sir Adrian Cadbury on 22 April 1993” ;

Derek Matthews and Jim Pirie, “The Auditors Talk: An Oral History of a Profession from the 1920s to the Present Day” , Routledge, 3 June 2019, page 389;

Luke Tugby (17 July 2018) “Profile: Sainsbury’s new chairman Martin Scicluna”, Retail Week ;

“Worldpay lists on London Stock Exchange” (13 October 2015), BBC News ;

Martin Anthony SCICLUNA - Companies House;

Business big shot: Martin Scicluna (23 November 2012), The Times;

Alec Mattinson (11 July 2018) “Sainsbury’s appoints Martin Scicluna as chairman”, The Grocer

7. Move the paragraph about education to the end to make it fourth and amend to: ‘Scicluna was educated at Berkhamsted School, where he received a British Council Scholarship and studied Economics, Law and Accountancy at the University of Leeds. In 2008 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the University. He is also a member of Speakers for Schools. Away from business he is a supporter of Arsenal Football Club.’

Sources include:

“Martin Scicluna – Speakers for Schools”, speakers4schools.org ;

James Ashton (4 May 2019) “Sainsbury’s chairman refuses to shop around for new chief after Asda failure”, The Times;

Derek Matthews and Jim Pirie, “The Auditors Talk: An Oral History of a Profession from the 1920s to the Present Day” , Routledge, 3 June 2019, page 389;

Jaber Mohamed (20 June 2013) “Martin Scicluna speaks to students of Park View school as part of the Speakers for Schools programme”, Tottenham & Wood Green Independent;

Business big shot: Martin Scicluna (23 November 2012), The Times

Thank you.

~~~~~ SPraill (talk) 11:21, 10 July 2023 (UTC)