Marston’s has appointed Intu chief financial officer, Matthew Roberts, as a non-executive board member.
He will join the board on 1 March and will be a member of the audit committee.
Before joining the shopping centre operator, Roberts was chief financial officer of Gala Coral Group.
He held a number of senior roles with The Burton Group from 1989 to 1998, spanning group finance, corporate development and IT, during which time he lead the demerger of Debenhams in 1998. He was finance director of Debenhams from 1996 to 2003.
Marston’s chairman Roger Devlin said: “I am delighted to welcome Matthew to Marston’s and to the Board. His extensive property expertise and experience of a variety of high calibre, consumer-facing leisure and retail corporates will be highly relevant to Marston’s as we progress the continued development of our own business in pub-retailing and brewing.’’
