Appointed as Chairman of the Company in January 2010, John Lovering is also currently Chairman of Debenhams Retail PLC where he will officially step down on 31 March 2010. Other current roles include Managing Partner at Lovering & Lovering and Partner at Echelon Investments LLP. Previously, Mr Lovering was Chairman of Laurel Pub Company Limited, Fitness First Limited, Odeon Limited, Homebase Group Limited, Fired Earth Limited, Peacock Group, Somerfield Limited and Birthdays Group Limited. He also served as Finance Director of Sears plc, Chief Operating Officer of Tarmac plc and was a director of AGA Foodservice Group PLC.

Adam was appointed Chief Executive on 3 August 2009 having been Acting Chief Executive since 21 May 2009. He joined the Board as Managing Director Restaurants on 1 October 2007. Adam has more than 20 years of experience in licensed retailing having joined Mitchells & Butlers in 1984, holding a number of operational and strategic roles. Adam was also Retail Director at Sainsbury's for two years before rejoining Mitchells & Butlers in 2005 as Business Development Director.

Appointed a Non-Executive in January 2010, Michael Balfour, a chartered accountant, was the founder of Fitness First which he grew from one club in 1992 to the largest chain of health clubs in the World with 530 clubs in 21 countries. Fitness First was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1996. The Company was acquired by private equity in 2005 for £835m. Michael stepped down as Chairman in April 2009. Michael is currently Chairman and founder of The Hideaways Club, which is now Europe’s largest private residence owners club. In 2008 Michael was awarded an OBE for services to business.

Appointed a Non-Executive in January 2010, Jeremy Blood was Managing Director at Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) from 2007 until May 2009 having been at S&N since 1988. He joined initially as Brand Manager for Beer Marketing. Subsequently he held various roles such as Sales & Customer Service Director, Strategy & Marketing Director, Director of Corporate Affairs and Managing Director for S&N Pub Enterprises.

Appointed a Non-Executive in January 2010, Simon Burke is currently Executive Chairman of Superquinn, Non-Executive Chairman at Majestic Wine PLC and Chairman at National Gallery Co. Previous roles include Chairman at Total Home Entertainment (2003 – 2006), Executive Chairman at Hamleys Plc (2001 – 2003) and Chairman at Virgin Cinemas (1995 – 1999). Mr Burke started his career as a Chartered Accountant for Binder Hamlyn in 1976.

Appointed a Non-Executive Director in May 2003, he is president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. From 1973 to 1995 he was a member of the Civil Service rising to be deputy secretary of HM Treasury, permanent secretary, Overseas Development Administration, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and permanent secretary, Department for Education. He served as private secretary at 10 Downing Street and represented the UK on the boards of the World Bank and the IMF. He has held non-executive directorships of CU/CGU, the London Metal Exchange and Smith & Nephew and currently is a non-executive director of ACTIS Capital. He is chairman of the board of management of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and chairman of the board of trustees of the Contemporary Dance Trust Limited.

Appointed a Non-Executive in January 2010, Mr Robson is currently chief financial officer of Tamar Capital Partners, a property investment and management group owned by family interests of Joe Lewis and was previously group finance director of Kenmore, a property investment and management group. From 2005 to 2008 he was group finance director of The Belhaven Group plc, a listed brewing, drink distribution and pub retailing group. Prior to that he held a number of senior finance roles including group finance director of a listed shipping and logistics group, and trained as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen.