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Lewis(John) PLC01 June 2006 Appointment of a new Finance Director The John Lewis Partnership is pleased to announce the appointment of MarisaCassoni as Finance Director. Marisa will join the Partnership on 26 June 2006. Marisa, 54, joins the Partnership following five years as Group Finance Directorat The Royal Mail where she played an instrumental role in guiding the companythrough its renewal programme. Marisa was previously Group Finance Director atBritannic Assurance plc from 1998 to 2001 and Group Finance Director ofPrudential's UK division between 1994 and 1998. Marisa has also been a non-executive Director of Severn Trent since 2001. Shewas appointed non - executive Director of GFI (a company listed on NASDAQ) in2005, and WSP Group in 2006, where she chairs both audit committees. Marisa alsosits on the Accounting Standards Board and is a Governor of the Peabody Trust. Enquiries: John Lewis Partnership 020 7592 6292Susan Donovan, Director of Communications Citigate Dewe Rogerson 020 7638 9571Media: Simon Rigby / Sara Batchelor Notes to Editors The John Lewis Partnership is one of the UK's top ten retail businesses with 27John Lewis department stores and 179 Waitrose supermarkets. It is also thecountry's largest example of worker co-ownership where all 64,000 staff arePartners in the business. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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