Whitbread PLC announced that Dame Cilla Snowball is to be appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company, with effect from 24th January 2023. Cilla will also join the Audit Committee. Cilla Snowball has a wealth of advertising, marketing and digital experience, having served as Group Chief Executive at Abbott Mead Vickers BDDO Ltd, and on the BBDO Worldwide Board, and Chair of both the Advertising Association and the Women's Business Council.

Cilla is a Non-Executive Director at Derwent London plc and Genome Research Ltd. as well as serving as a Governor of the Wellcome Trust.