Mark Husson

MARK HUSSON is an Analyst with Merrill Lynch, covering food and drug
chains. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, he worked at J.P. Morgan where
he was Institutional Investor runner up for four years. He is currently
ranked number one in the Institutional Investor All-American 2001 Survey
and Greenwich Associates Survey 2000 and was number two in the 2000 and
1999 Institutional Investor All-American research polls. Mr. Husson
previously worked for SG Warburg and Morgan Stanley in London and Tesco
Plc and Marks and Spencer in his retailing career.