The board of Greene King plc announced that Tim Bridge, chairman of the company, will be retiring from the board on 1 May 2016, after 11 years as chairman and over 45 years' service with the company. The board announced that Philip Yea is joining the board on 2 February 2016 as a non-executive director, and then will take over as chairman on 2 May 2016. Philip Yea is currently senior independent director at both Vodafone Group Plc and Computacenter PLC and also a non-executive director of Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc.

He is also an independent director and trustee of the Francis Crick Institute. He has recently stepped down as chairman of bwin.party digital entertainment plc following the successful completion of its acquisition by GVC Holdings. From September 2014 to June 2015 he was a member of the supervisory board of Rocket Internet SE, a German company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Philip Yea will initially be appointed as a member of the nomination and remuneration committees. He will take over as chairman of the nomination committee, and resign from the remuneration committee, when he becomes chairman in May.