Appointment of new Finance Director (5949X)
17 Fevereiro 2012 - 5:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 5949X
Lewis(John)Partnership PLC
17 February 2012
17 February 2012
Helen Weir appointed Group Finance Director
The John Lewis Partnership announces today that Helen Weir has
been appointed as Group Finance Director, taking over from Marisa
Cassoni whose plan to retire was announced in September 2011. Helen
will join the Partnership on 1(st) April, and will formally assume
the Finance Director role from 1 June 2012, following a full
handover and induction period alongside Marisa.
Helen was most recently the Chief Executive of the Retail
Division of Lloyds Banking Group (2008-2011) and before that was
the Group Finance Director. Helen has considerable retail sector
experience as Finance Director of B&Q between 1995-2000 and
then a further four years as Group Finance Director of Kingfisher
plc. She has previously held a number of non-executive
directorships, including Royal Mail Holdings and the City of London
Investment Trust and is currently a non-executive director of SAB
Miller.
Charlie Mayfield, Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, said:
"I'm delighted to welcome Helen to the Partnership as our Group
Finance Director. Helen brings a wealth of both finance and retail
experience and expertise and will be a great successor to Marisa,
who has made an enormous contribution to the Partnership over the
last six years."
Helen Weir said: "I am absolutely delighted to be joining the
Partnership at this stage in its development. It is a superb
business with great brands and fantastic people."
ENDS
Enquiries:
John Lewis Partnership 020 7592 6292
Andrew Moys, Director of Communications
Citigate Dewe Rogerson 020 7638 9571
Simon Rigby
Notes to Editors
The John Lewis Partnership - The John Lewis Partnership operates
35 John Lewis shops across the UK (29 department stores and six
John Lewis at home), johnlewis.com and 274 Waitrose supermarkets.
The business has annual gross sales of over GBP8.2bn. It is the
UK's largest example of worker co-ownership where all 76,500 staff
are Partners in the business.
Helen Weir - Helen was, until recently, Group Executive Director
- Retail at Lloyds Banking Group plc. She originally joined Lloyds
as Group Finance Director in 2004. From 2000 until 2004, she was
Group Finance Director of Kingfisher plc, and before that Finance
Director of B&Q. She spent her early career at Unilever and
McKinsey & Co. Helen joined the SAB Miller Board as a Non-Exec
Director in 2011 and was previously a Non-Exec Director of Royal
Mail Holdings. She is a member of the Said Business School Advisory
Council, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants and was awarded a CBE for services to Finance in
2008.
This information is provided by RNS
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