London, 2017-Dec-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — The John Lewis Partnership today (6 December 2017) announced Andrew Murphy as its next Chief Information Officer (CIO). Andrew is currently Group Productivity Director for the Partnership and will take up the CIO role on 1 February 2018. He will replace Paul Coby who will leave the Partnership at the end of April 2018 after almost seven years.
Sir Charlie Mayfield, Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, said: ‘I want to take this opportunity to thank Paul for his outstanding contribution to our business and the legacy he has left. Paul was the architect of the IT strategy for John Lewis, which helped to transform the business into a leading omni-channel retailer.’
Andrew joined the John Lewis Partnership in 1992 and performed a number of roles. This included MD of John Lewis Aberdeen and MD of John Lewis Edinburgh. In 2009 Andrew was appointed Director, Operational Development before becoming Retail Director, John Lewis in 2010 and in 2015 – Group Productivity Director, where he has led the Partnership’s change programme.
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The John Lewis Partnership – operates 49 John Lewis shops across the UK, johnlewis.com, 352 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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For more information please contact:
Sarah Henderson
Group Senior External Communications Manager
Corporate Affairs
Telephone: 07764 676 036
Email: sarah.henderson@johnlewis.co.uk
Source: The John Lewis Partnership