Could this be the man to turn around John Lewis' fortunes? Former Tesco boss who failed his maths GCSE before joining supermarket as a grad student and working his way up to chief executive takes over

As a teenager not much might have been expected of Jason Mark Tarry, who failed his maths GCSE and came from a family where no one had ever been to university. Mr Tarry, 56, joined Tesco in 1990 and held roles at Britain's biggest supermarket such as bakery category director, chief product officer and clothing chief executive. Jason Tarry is taking over at John Lewis as chairman after six years as Tesco chief executive Jason Tarry visits the Loros Hospice in Leicester in October 2022 as part of Diwali celebrations Jason Tarry has been involved in charity bike rides and is pictured in a team in 2015 Mr Tarry was born in the Kent market town of Tonbridge is married to Cathryn with three grown-up children - Patrick, Sophie and Daniel, who are all in their 20s. Jason Tarry factfile Full name : Jason Mark Tarry : Jason Mark Tarry Born : 1967 in Tonbridge, Kent : 1967 in Tonbridge, Kent Lives : Hertfordshire : Hertfordshire Family : Married to Cathryn with children Patrick, Sophie and Daniel : Married to Cathryn with children Patrick, Sophie and Daniel Education : Staffordshire University, business studies degree : Staffordshire University, business studies degree Career : Tesco finance scheme graduate, commercial team positions including impulse and bakery category director, non-food sourcing director and clothing category director ; commercial director for UK general merchandise, European clothing director ; chief executive of group clothing ; chief product officer : and UK and Ireland chief executive. Dame Sharon White, John Lewis's first female chairman, said last October that she would not seek a second term of office, making her tenure the shortest in its more than 100-year history John Lewis continues to undergo a major turnaround programme which has seen store closures, job cuts and expansion into new business areas such as housing in recent years 'The partnership is unique and I've long been an admirer of the employee-ownership model, its values and partner-led customer service.