The Board of Whitbread PLC announced that Dominic Paul has been appointed as its next Chief Executive. Dominic will succeed Alison Brittain, who has decided to retire from full time executive life at the end of the financial year 2023. Dominic will join the Company early in January 2023.

Dominic is an experienced senior executive, with a very strong operational and commercial record in the travel, leisure, and hospitality sector, and most recently served as CEO of Domino's Pizza Group plc. He led the business through the COVID pandemic and has delivered a strong period of sales growth and value creation and aligned all stakeholders behind a growth strategy for the future. Dominic is well known to Whitbread and joins with a good understanding of the business having been a member of the Whitbread Executive Committee and Managing Director of Costa Coffee for three years, overseeing its significant growth in both the UK and internationally ahead of the sale of the business to Coca-Cola.

Prior to this, Dominic was Senior Vice President of International with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line where he led the business through a period of strong growth. His extensive experience in the travel and leisure industry also includes senior roles at easy Jet, British Midland and British Airways.