Mark Price was appointed Managing Director, Waitrose in April 2007, and is responsible for the 200 Waitrose shops of the John Lewis Partnership.

Mark joined the Partnership on the Graduate Training Scheme in 1982, before becoming Managing Director of John Lewis High Wycombe and then John Lewis Cheadle.

Mark transferred to Waitrose in February 1998 as the Partnership’s first Marketing Director, and in 2000 was additionally given responsibility for retail operations, becoming Director of Selling of Marketing.

Immediately prior to his current role, Mark had been at John Lewis since 2005, in the roles Managing Director, Partnership Development and John Lewis Development Director.