John Lewis’s chair Jason Tarry to earn more than £1.3m this year

John Lewis said Jason Tarry’s pay had been ‘adjusted’ so that it was ‘equalised to the amount paid to the chief executive officer to reflect the recalibration of the role’. Photograph: John Lewis Partnership

John Lewis’s chair, Jason Tarry, is to be paid more than £1.3m this year – about a fifth more than his predecessor, Sharon White – as he takes a more hands-on role.

The former Tesco executive, who joined the group that owns Waitrose and a fleet of department stores in September last year, earned £415,000 in his first four and a half months in the job, including benefits and pension payments.