Pippa Wicks

Pippa Wicks (born 18 December 1962) is a British businesswoman, and the former executive director of John Lewis & Partners.

Personal life Wicks was born on 18 December 1962 to a father employed in marketing at the chemicals company Imperial Chemical Industries, and a mother who was a justice of the peace. During her early teens, her family moved to Buckinghamshire. She attended Lady Verney High School in High Wycombe. and later studied at the London Business School.

Career Wicks has worked for Bain & Company. In 1993, she left Bain to become finance director at Courtaulds Textiles. Wicks later worked for a business education company, Pearson, before moving to consultancy firm AlixPartners. When Wicks joined the Co-operative Group, the company's future was uncertain. At The Co-operative Group, Wicks earned over one million pounds a year. In 2017, Wicks was appointed deputy chief executive officer of The Co-operative Group in a restructure following Richard Pennycook's resignation as CEO. Wicks was an advocate of The Co-operative Group setting up a programme to employ victims of modern slavery, giving them a four-week paid work experience placement. In 2019, whilst Wicks was deputy CEO, Co-op Insurance was merged with Markerstudy Group at a cost of £185 million.

In June 2020, Wicks was announced as the new head of John Lewis & Partners, a British department store which is part of the John Lewis Partnership group. The role has been separated from the previous joint role of head of John Lewis and Waitrose. and succeeded Paula Nickolds as head of John Lewis & Partners. Wicks was instrumental in the 'ditching' of the organisation's century-old 'Never Knowingly Undersold' pledge. On 5 September 2024 it was announced that John Lewis were bringing back Never Knowingly Undersold.