Marks and Spencer Group PLC announced that Katie Bickerstaffe will retire from M&S after the AGM in July 2024 to pursue her board career. Katie served as a Non-Executive Director and Co-Chief Operating Officer of M&S prior to being appointed Co-CEO, reporting into Chief Executive Officer Stuart Machin, in March 2022. Having helped see through that leadership change, the strengthening of the management team and a marked improvement in the performance of the business, she will move on to take other board roles in line with the original transition plan.

Katie Bickerstaffe joined M&S as a Non-Executive Director in 2018 and moved into an executive role in 2020, becoming co-Chief Operating Officer alongside Stuart Machin in 2021. In May 2022 Stuart took over as Chief Executive Officer and Katie became co-Chief Executive Officer.