Sharon White
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 57 |
| Date of birth | April 21,1967 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | East London |
| London | |
| Spouse | Robert Chote |
| Job | Economist |
| Education | Fitzwilliam College |
| University College London | |
| Books | Boiling Lake (on Voyage): Short Stories |
| Whose Death Is It, Anyway? A Hospice Nurse Remembers | |
| Eve & Her Apple: Poems | |
| Vanished Gardens: Finding Nature in Philadelphia | |
| Field Notes: A Geography of Mourning | |
| Bone House | |
| Chancellor | George Osborne |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 457035 |
Sharon White Life story
Dame Sharon Michele White DBE is a British businesswoman. She is currently Chair of the John Lewis Partnership, having previously held a variety of roles in the Civil Service.
John Lewis to offer health checks to customers
... The pivot to more services, alongside its homeware, clothing and other products, was part of an overhaul spearheaded by the retailer s chairwoman, Sharon White, who will leave the firm in February next year...
John Lewis boss Dame Sharon White to step down next year
...By Simon JackBusiness editorJohn Lewis boss Dame Sharon White is to step down next year after five years, making her the shortest-serving chair in the partnership s 100-year history...
Small shops call for aid to tackle 'brazen' shoplifters
... Dame Sharon White, the boss of John Lewis, has told the BBC that shoplifting has...
Shoplifting an epidemic, says John Lewis boss
...Shoplifting has become an " epidemic" in the past year, the boss of John Lewis, Dame Sharon White, has told the BBC...
Waitrose offers police free coffees to deter thieves
... " The group said its chair Dame Sharon White had also written to Home Secretary Suella Braverman calling for tougher action against repeat and violent offenders...
John Lewis staff to vote on future plans as anger grows
... It comes after Dame Sharon White said she was considering selling a stake in the retailer, meaning it would no longer fully owned by its employees...
John Lewis: Mary Portas warns retailer it has 'let go' of its soul
... Chair Sharon White said she wanted the brand to thrive for generations...
John Lewis considers plan to change staff-owned structure
... It said the firm s chairwoman Dame Sharon White was considering a potential plan to dilute the famous partnership structure in order to invest in better technology, data analysis and Waitrose s supply chain...
John Lewis considers plan to change staff-owned structure
By Emma Simpson & Lucy HookerBusiness correspondent, BBC News
John Lewis is considering a potential change to its employee-owned business structure, upending More Than 70 years of tradition.
The Group , which also owns Waitrose, is currently fully owned by its staff, who receive a share in the profits.
But in The Face of tougher trading, The Firm is said to be exploring the idea of selling a minority stake.
The Sunday Times, which first reported The Move , said The Firm hoped to raise up to £2bn.
It said The Firm 's chairwoman Dame Sharon White was considering a potential plan to dilute the famous partnership structure in order to invest in better technology, Data Analysis and Waitrose's supply chain.
The Bbc has been told the idea is at the " very, very early stages" of discussion and may not eventually happen. However, if it did it would not amount to removing the mutual ownership structure altogether and that staff would retain majority control.
It could still prove controversial among staff, however, who jointly own the whole of The Business , benefiting from any profits.
The profit-sharing model has occasionally resulted in big windfalls. In 2008 staff received a sum equivalent to about 10 weeks' pay as a bonus.
However in The Past three years The Firm has had to steer through the choppy waters of the pandemic and a cost of living crisis. It made a loss of £234m in 2022-3 and paid no bonus to staff, for only The Second time since 1953. It has also closed stores and cut staff numbers.
John Lewis has worked with outside companies in The Past : Ocado launched grocery deliveries for Waitrose and more recently it Set Up a Joint Venture to build residential properties with investment firm Abrdn. If The Move were to go ahead, it would be The First sale of a stake in The Core business.
At times the mutualised structure has been held up as model for how businesses could be run differently, taking a broader range of stakeholders into account and focusing less on shareholder profit.
When Sir Nick Clegg was deputy Prime Minister he heralded The Group as a model for the whole economy.
John Lewis has not commented on the reports, but said: " We've always said we would seek partnerships to help fund our transformation and exciting growth plans.
" We've done this with Ocado in The Past and now with Abrdn. Our partners, who own The Business , will be The First to hear about any developments. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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