Sarah Guy, Co-operative Group store manager

Age: 28

Works at: The Co-operative Group

Job title: Store manager

Guy has worked in retail for 11 years, at Somerfield, Marks & Spencer and now The Co-operative Group. She graduated from the society’s store manager development programme in 2011 and became manager of its Heath and Reach store in Bedfordshire, increasing sales by 32%. In January, she moved to the 3,000 sq ft Wolverton store in Milton Keynes. Heading a team of 18, she has turned around the loss-making store.

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