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Former banking star takes John Lewis job
HELEN WEIR, the former head of retail banking at Lloyds Banking Group, has been appointed by John Lewis as group finance director, making a return to the sector eight years after leaving the same post with the DIY retailer Kingfisher.
John Lewis said Weir will formally join the company in April, replacing Marisa Cassoni at the beginning of June, whose plan to retire was announced in September last year.
Weir left Kingfisher in 2004 and joined Lloyds as finance director.
The 49 year old became one of the most powerful women in British banking after taking over the reins as retail banking chief in 2008.
She quit last year after António Horta-Osório announced a board shake-up barely a week after becoming chief executive of the bailed-out bank.