LONDON (Reuters) - Ocado, the British online supermarket and technology group, on Thursday named Adam Warby as its chair from Dec. 1, succeeding Rick Haythornthwaite.

Warby is a veteran of the technology sector. He is currently chair of NASDAQ-listed advisory group Heidrick & Struggles International and is a previous chair of Swiss software firm SoftwareOne Holding. He has also worked for Microsoft and IBM.

(Reporting by James Davey, Editing by Paul Sandle)