London, 2017-Oct-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — The John Lewis Partnership has appointed Chris Harris as Group Property Director.
Chris moves from Arcadia where he is Group Property and Procurement Director and member of the Board.
Chris has spent his career in the property sector. He started as a surveyor at Chestertons, before moving into retail property management, working at Blockbuster Entertainment as Vice President of Operations for the UK and a member of the Board, before joining Arcadia in 2007.
Chris will join the John Lewis Partnership on 1 March 2018, reporting to Group Finance Director Patrick Lewis.
Notes to editors
The John Lewis Partnership operates 48 John Lewis shops across the UK, johnlewis.com, 351 Waitrose shops, waitrose.com and business to business contracts in the UK and abroad. The business has annual gross sales of over £11bn. It is the UK’s largest example of an employee-owned business where all 84,000 staff are Partners in the business.
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John Lewis Partnership
Simon Fowler
Director of Communications
Telephone: 07710 398460
Sarah Henderson
Group Senior External Communications Manager
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Source: John Lewis Partnership