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Woman's Hour: Dame Sharon White - Chair of John Lewis, Beth Mead, Caroline and Rose Quentin

03/11/2022

Dame Sharon White - Chair of John Lewis, Beth Mead, Caroline and Rose Quentin

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Dame Sharon White - Chair of John Lewis, Beth Mead, Caroline and Rose Quentin

Dame Sharon White, the first ever female chair of John Lewis Partnership speaks to Emma.

Dame Sharon White is the first ever female chair of John Lewis Partnership and was recently named the UK’s most influential black person in the 2023 Powerlist. She became the chair of the John Lewis Partnership in January 2020 just as the Covid pandemic hit and is responsible for turning around the fortunes of John Lewis and Waitrose in what is widely seen as the most challenging time in the company’s history.  She joins Emma.

The accolades just keep coming for Beth Mead, she won the Golden Boot - meaning she scored the most goals - and Player of the Tournament at the Euro's earlier this year, and last month she was runner-up in the Ballon d'Or which decides the best player in the world. Beth, who plays for Arsenal in the Women's Super League, has a new book out called Lioness: My Journey To Glory and joins Emma in the studio. 

Men Behaving Badly star Caroline Quentin is joined by her daughter Rose for a new touring production of the George Bernard Shaw play, Mrs Warren’s Profession. They play Mrs Warren and her daughter Vivie, who suffers a crisis of conscience when she discovers that her comfortable life has been funded by her mother’s work in the sex industry. Caroline and Rose join Emma to discuss their relationship and their first experience of working together.

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