A former Sainsbury's boss once caught singing "We're in the Money" over a £12billion merger will take up a key role at the beleaguered testing programme.
Mike Coupe, who retired as Chief Executive at Sainsbury's in May, is poised to become testing director for NHS Test and Trace - prompting alarm from Labour over the lack of NHS experience in the programme's top jobs.
Baroness Dido Harding, the former TalkTalk boss who runs NHS Test and Trace, has faced sustained criticism over the programme after mass shortages of tests across the country.
Mr Coupe replaces Sarah-Jane Marsh who is returning to her post as chief executive of Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.
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