Jane Elizabeth Shepherdson[1] CBE (born 23 August 1961[2] in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire) is an English businesswoman.
[3] Shepherdson started as a warehouse picker sending stock to stores, and was then promoted to become a buyer in the jersey department.
[4][5] A week after TopShop owner Philip Green announced that supermodel Kate Moss had signed a deal to design clothes to be launched in 2007, Shepherdson resigned from Topshop,[6] and was producing, unpaid, a fashion chain for Oxfam, aimed at "ethically conscious shoppers".
In January 2008, Shepherdson bought a 20 per cent share in Whistles and was appointed chief executive.
[8] Shepherdson is married to a criminal defence lawyer, and cycles from their flat in South London to work.