Key strengths/experience:

- Extensive experience in the retail industry
- A deep understanding of international trade and markets
- Strong strategic, digital and sustainable and development skills

Key external commitments:

Member of the House of Lords, founder of WorkL, Member of Council at Lancaster University, Chair of Trustees of the Fairtrade Foundation UK and President and Chairman of the Chartered Management Institute

Previous roles:

Managing Director of Waitrose and Deputy Chairman John Lewis Partnership, Non-executive Director and Deputy Chairman of Channel 4 TV and Minister of State for Trade and Investment and Trade Policy, Chair of Business in the
Community and The Prince’s Countryside Fund

Committee memberships: Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and the Nomination Committee