View the profiles of people named Sharon White. White’s plan to save the retailer includes ramping up its financial-services business, a move into horticulture and plans to turn some stores into affordable housing. In the mid-1990s, she quit the UK Treasury for Washington with her husband, fellow economist Robert Chote, later returning to resume a swift ascent in Whitehall. Some wondered whether “an industry rookie” could cut it in the rough and tumble world of retail, says The Times. The onslaught of Covid-19 has turbocharged that ambition, says The Daily Telegraph.
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Certainly, White’s background marked a departure from the “white, privately educated men” who had traditionally led the group. “There’s nothing like playing music to bring a family together,” says Sharon White, but that’s not exactly right; over 40 years have shown that the music of The Whites – sisters, Sharon and Cheryl, and father Buck – has just as much power to bring audiences together in a … Known For She is currently Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, having previously held a variety of roles in the British civil service.She was the Chief Executive of the British media regulator Ofcom from March 2015 to November 2019, and was Second Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury from 2013 to 2015. White’s ability to get results without unduly ruffling feathers was to the fore at Ofcom, where she took on “big interests”, ranging from the Murdoch dynasty to the Russian government. White has shown she can be tough when necessary, but doubtless her cajoling charm will come in handy.
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