Profile - 21/01/2007

He’s the young Turk of British business. Not even 40, Charlie Mayfield has just been appointed chairman of John Lewis. After serving in the Scots Guards, Mayfield switched his uniform for the city suit, got a job as a management consultant and just a few years later was head-hunted by John Lewis to join the board of directors. So what is behind his meteoric rise? Lesley Curwen finds out.