John Lewis Partnership names Nikki Humphrey as People Executive Director

The John Lewis Partnership has appointed Nikki Humphrey as Executive Director for People. The company said in a statement that Humphrey joins from Virgin Atlantic where she is chief people officer and replaces Tracey Killen who has retired after a 38-year career in the Partnership. The company added that starting October 1, 2020, Humphrey will be responsible for developing and delivering a people strategy for the Partnership’s 80,000 partners. This new appointment forms part of a seven-strong executive team and follows James Bailey joining as Executive Director of Waitrose in April and Pippa Wicks becoming Executive Director of John Lewis.