Sarah Findlater

Sarah has been Group HR Director since March 2022. She joined Marks & Spencer in 1998 through the HR Graduate programme and undertook HR Business Partner roles in stores and regions across the country, before joining the Support Centre in 2010 as Head of HR Strategy Planning. In 2011 she became Head of Employee Relations, Engagement and Planning, and in 2014 was promoted to Head of Organisational Development where she had global accountability for Talent, Learning and Development. Sarah led the people agenda for the Clothing & Home business for three years, before moving to business partner the Chief Operating Officer in 2020, taking on accountability for the 50,000 colleagues in Retail Operations in addition to Group Talent, Reward and Wellbeing and the HR Systems Transformation Programme.

Sarah sits on the Princes Trust Retail Leadership Group and is G20 EMPOWER alliance advocate, a Private Sector Alliance for the Empowerment and Progression of Women’s Economic Representation (EMPOWER).