A number of departures have been announced at M & B as members of the management team take up senior appointments elsewhere. Those leaving include:
Tony Palmer – head of acquisitions.
Tom Crowley – retail director for Premium Country Pubs
Adrian Frid – retail director for Miller & Carter.
James Pavey – formerly a retail director but has been in a support role as director of Operational Services for the last 14 months.
They are succeeded by:
Martin Nelson – moves from his role as Retail Director for Crown Carveries to Retail Director for Premium Country Pubs.
Sue Walsh will be moving from her role as a Retail Director for Vintage Inns to Retail Director for Miller & Carter.
Sarah Reid, currently an area manager with Castle, has been promoted to the role of Retail Director for Vintage Inns and will succeed Sue Walsh.
Sam Wignell will be moving from his role as a Retail Director for Harvester to take on the role as Director of Operational Services to succeed James Pavey.
Good succession plan in place
Robin Young, Operations Director, commented on the changes:
“Over the years, we have developed a group of very talented and ambitious directors, many of whom are keen to progress to the next stage of their career as quickly as possible. With a finite number of more senior director roles available, we do appreciate their reasons for pursuing external opportunities, we wish them every success, and we sincerely hope they will rejoin us at some point in the future.
“We have a strong pool of internal talent which means we have a good succession plan in place.”