John Lewis chair Dame Sharon White: ‘I struggle to find men to work for me’

Sharon White

John Lewis chair Dame Sharon White has said she struggles to find men to work for her and she has been criticised for pushing to change the retailer’s culture around gender.

White said she “finds it quite hard to recruit men” since she began pushing to balance gender at John Lewis Partnership after she joined in 2020.

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