Mark Price

Mark Price lived in Crewe as a child and attended Crewe Grammar School for Boys. He read Archaeology and Ancient History at Lancaster University graduating in 1982.

In that year he joined The John Lewis Partnership as a Graduate Trainee and remained with the company for 33 years, eventually retiring in March 2016. Mark was Managing Director of Waitrose for the preceding 9 years, and Deputy Chairman of The John Lewis Partnership for 3 years.

He stepped down from the role in April 2016 when he joined the UK Government, at the invitation of the Rt Hon David Cameron PM, as Minister of State for Trade and Investment. He was made a life peer in February 2016 to become The Lord Price CVO and Baron Price of Sturminster Newton. Mark was reappointed by the Rt Hon Teressa May to her post Brexit Government, with specific responsibility for negotiating the UKs future trade deals.

In 2018 Mark founded WorkL to help individuals and organisations measure, track and improve employee engagement so as to improve performance. WorkL now has millions of individual users and supports more than 1000 companies.

Mark's first book 'The Great British Picnic Guide' was published in 2008. That began Mark writing for pleasure in his spare time. 'The Food Lover's Handbook' was published in 2016 and records what he learned about food and drink during his 17 years on the Waitrose board. His first children's book 'The Foolish King' was also published in 2016. In 2017 he published his first business books: 'Fairness for all' and 'Workplace Fables'. He later added ‘Workplace Fable’ and in 2024 ‘Happy Economics’.