The Restaurant Group (TRG) has announced that Alison Digges, an independent non-executive director of the company is to step down from the board.

She will leave her role with effect from the 2 January 2023.

Digges joined the board on 1 January 2020 and is currently a member of the audit, nomination and remuneration committees.

Ken Hanna, chairman, The Restaurant Group, said: “On behalf of the board, I would like to thank Alison for the valuable contribution she has made to the company over the last three years”.

TRG recently has appointed Andreia Harwood as marketing director for its Leisure & Concessions division.

Harwood has more than 10 years’ experience in the hospitality in the UK and international markets and joins from Lemon Pepper Holdings – which operates Wingstop in the UK – where she has spent the last two years as marketing director.