Jonathan is a retailer through and through. Starting as a Saturday boy in a men’s wear shop whilst a student, he says he can still fold a shirt properly and put pins in it. He joined Marks and Spencer as a management trainee, before moving to Sainsbury’s and finally to John Lewis in 2003.

He has held a variety of operational positions, as well as five years in Sainsbury’s head office. He had led 1,000 Partners at John Lewis Brent Cross for the past five years.

He has a passion for developing people and having spent five years lecturing and presenting at Oxford Summer School, he is proud to Chair it’s Advisory Board.

He is also a non-Executive Director of the RAF Museums and a Director of the Brent Cross Trading Board.