Greene King FD pops off to Ladbrokes

15th Apr 2011 08:25

Lots of people fancy a bet after a trip to the pub but Ian Bull, group finance director of pubs group Greene King, is taking the practice to extremes by leaving the brewer to take up a similar role at Ladbrokes, the bookie.Bull will hang around until the announcement of Greene King's preliminary results on the last day of June, whereupon he will join Ladbrokes as chief financial officer (CFO).Continuing the merry-go-round, Matthew Fearn, currently CFO of foods outfit Brakes Group, will be joining Greene King as group finance director and a member of the board on 1st September 2011. Fearn, aged 46, has been with Brakes since 2007. He has extensive leisure sector and listed company experience as the former group finance director at hotels chain De Vere Group, following several years at Whitbread in a variety of finance based roles.---jh