The Latest Breaking News from Dame Sharon White

Former John Lewis chair Sharon White takes role at Canadian pension fund

She starts in January as head of European arm of CDPQ, which holds shares in Eurostar and Heathrow

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024

John Lewis has axed its bonus twice in a row. It can’t do it a third time

City Comment: Getting the disgruntled staff back onside has to be a priority

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2024

John Lewis brings back former fashion boss Peter Ruis to lead chain

Appointment of Naomi Simcock’s replacement as head of department store comes amid falling sales

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2024

John Lewis boss says shoplifting has become an ‘epidemic’

John Lewis is among 10 of the UK’s biggest retailers which have agreed to fund Project Pegasus, a police operation to crack down on shoplifting

Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2023

Sharon White still needs to be clearer about John Lewis’s mutual status

How can there be ‘no question’ of demutualisation if the board ‘could consider’ bringing in an outside investor?

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2023

John Lewis staff rebuke Sharon White over losses but back her to continue

Retailer to remain employee-owned, vows chair after row about reported plans to sell stake in partnership to investors

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2023

OPINION - If John Lewis loses its way, shoppers will be bereft

JUST how many retailers do ordinary shoppers feel they know and — up to a point — care about? Two thumbs will serve for most of us. Marks & Spencer is one. John Lewis (including Peter Jones and Waitrose) is the other. Shopping at John Lewis is a marker of…

Evening Standard · May 10, 2023

John Lewis boss faces confidence vote as business considers ways to seek new funds

Sharon White wants to bring in investors to build flats above stores, potentially leading to the sale of stake in the business

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2023

John Lewis ‘may end 100% staff ownership’ after 70 years

Chairwoman Dame Sharon White is reportedly in the early stages of exploring a plan to change the the retailer’s mutual structure

Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2023

John Lewis: Job losses loom and staff bonus scrapped amid £234m loss

Grim results are ‘massive regret to me personally’ says Dame Sharon White

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023