Mary Homer

Mary Elizabeth Homer (born 7 September 1958)[1] is a British businesswoman. She helped expand Topshop globally before leaving for The White Company in March 2017.[2]

Career
Topshop in Birmingham in December 2012

Topshop

Homer was born in south-west Essex. She joined Topshop in 1985.[3]

In 2007, Jane Shepherdson left as Managing Director of Topshop, and Karyn Fenn, the buying director, and Homer, the commercial director, took over the running of the stores as joint managing directors.[4][5] Later in 2007, Karyn Fenn left Topshop and Homer became Managing Director.[6] Homer went on to work at The White Company where she will be focusing on international expansion.[7] Homer is in charge of homewares and fashion at The White Company.[8]

From 2008-10 she was on the board of the British Fashion Council.[9][10]

gollark: In general or the last few minutes?
gollark: Wobbling is heresy. Diodes and transistors and other semiconductor devices are the one true way.
gollark: They don't actually *quite* take two hours, at least.
gollark: I'm not actually at school, but they're still setting lots of work. Such as this two hour GCSE Maths paper.
gollark: Okay I guess, and doing some maths homework.

See also

References
  1. "Mary Elizabeth HOMER". Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House). 11 September 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. "Topshop loses managing director". BBC News. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. Gregg, Tony (31 March 2017). "Move of the week: Mary Homer leaves Topshop". Retail Week. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. "Crisis, what crisis? says Topshop's buoyant owner as his top". Evening Standard. 11 September 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  5. Gonsalves, Rebecca (13 February 2012). "Topshop: A Decade Of Design". The Independent. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  6. "Sir Philip Green loses Topshop chief Mary Homer". Financial Times. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  7. Vandevelde, Mark (28 March 2017). "Sir Philip Green Loses Topshop Chief Mary Homer". Financial Times. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  8. "Topshop Boss Mary Homer Leaves to head White Company". Manchester Fashion. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  9. "Annual Report 2009-10" (PDF). British Fashion Council: 8. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  10. "NEWGEN winners for SS11". British Fashion Council (Press release). 10 June 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
Business positions
Preceded by
Jane Shepherdson		 Managing Director of Topshop
(Joint Managing Director until August 2007)
October 2006 - July 2017		 Succeeded by
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