The Constitution of the John Lewis Partnership provides that its democratically elected Partnership Council elects five Partners to the Partnership Board of the Company, known as Elected Directors.
Following Noel Saunders' retirement from the Partnership, Noel has resigned as an Elected Director with effect from 17 October 2013 and is succeeded by Kate Brewer, who has been elected by the Partnership Council following its election process.
About John Lewis Partnership
The John Lewis Partnership operates 39 John Lewis shops across the UK (30 department stores and 9 John Lewis at home), johnlewis.com, 260 Waitrose supermarkets, 39 Waitrose convenience stores, waitrose.com and business to business contracts in the UK and abroad.
The business has annual gross sales of over £9.5bn. It is the UK's largest example of worker co-ownership where all 85,500 staff are Partners in the business.
