_ the emma sherin white. was it exoected?— the emma sherin white. was it exected?g some problems, the john lewis i some problems, thejohn lewis partnership announced a £270 million loss last year and lost a further £57 million loss in the first six months of this year. the trailblazer, the first woman to be the chairman of thejohn lewis partnership in the first person of colour, hersuccessor partnership in the first person of colour, her successor expected to be announced next year but she will serve her five year term announced next year but she will serve herfive year term up announced next year but she will serve her five year term up to 2025, the shortest serving chair by a long way in the near 100 year as a partnership which is the job you usually take on for the best part of a decade or more. when she was first appointed there were eyebrows raised because this is a woman who was a civil servant and cut her teeth in the treasury and she went on to become a regulator as head of 0fcom with no real retail experience and a lot of people were surprised by the appoi