Directorate Change

RNS Number : 0517M

Whitbread PLC

10 August 2011

 



10th August 2011

WHITBREAD APPOINTS TWO NEW NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Whitbread PLC has today announced the appointment of two Non-Executive Directors, Susan Hooper and Susan Taylor Martin.

An experienced international leisure sector executive, Susan Hooper, 51, is Chief Executive of Acromas Travel where she has been responsible  for the Saga, AA and Titan Hi Tours holiday and travel businesses since 2009.   Her other leisure and consumer experience includes Senior VP, EMEA at Royal Caribbean Cruises International where she also represented them on the Board of First Choice Holidays PLC and senior roles at Avis Europe.  Prior to that she worked at Pepsico International for 9 years, living and working in several central European countries.

Susan is currently a member of the SC Johnson European Advisory Board and previously served as a Non Executive Director of Transcom, Royal & Sun Alliance and Courtaulds Textiles.

Susan Hooper's appointment will be effective from 1st September 2011.

An international executive in rapidly changing markets, Susan Taylor Martin, 47, was appointed President, Media at Thomson Reuters in July 2011 and has held a number of other roles at Thomson Reuters during a period of extensive technological innovation and corporate change.  These included, President, Global Investment Focus Accounts and Managing Director, UK and Ireland within Thomson Reuters Markets.  Prior to that she was Global Head, Corporate Strategy for Reuters, which she joined in 1993.

Susan Taylor Martin's appointment will be effective from 1st January 2012.

Anthony Habgood, Chairman Whitbread PLC said "I am delighted to announce the appointment of two talented multi-lingual international executives.  They each bring a different complementary range of skills and experiences to the Whitbread Board as we continue to grow our market-leading businesses both in the UK and selectively around the world."

For more information please contact:

Investor Relations

Christopher Rogers, Whitbread PLC           [phone]

Press Contacts

Anna Glover, Whitbread PLC                    [phone] / 07768 917 651

Rebecca Scott, Tulchan                           [phone]

Notes

Susan Hooper and Susan Taylor Martin have both advised that there are no details to disclose in accordance with paragraph 9.6.13(2) - (6) of the Listing Rules

Whitbread PLC is the UK's largest hotel and restaurant group operating market-leading businesses in budget hotels, restaurants and coffee shops.  Its well-loved brands are Premier Inn, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table, Taybarns and Costa.

Whitbread PLC employs over 40,000 people globally and serves over 10 million customers every month in over 2,000 outlets across the UK.

Whitbread has outlined five-year growth milestones (to 2015/16) to increase the number of Premier Inn UK rooms by 50% to at least 65,000, add 80-100 new Restaurants and to double the size of Costa with global system sales of £1.3bn and 3,500 stores worldwide.

In the year ended 3 March 2011, Whitbread PLC reported a 11.5% increase in Group Revenue to £1,599.6 million and Underlying Profit before tax of £287.1 million up 20.1%.

Whitbread PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100. It is also a member of the FTSE4Good Index.

 

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