Meet the Board
Michael Turner
Non-Executive Chairman
Aged 69. Joined in 1978. A Chartered Accountant with international experience. Initially ran the Wine Division as Wine Director. Appointed Marketing Director in 1988, Managing Director in 1992, Chief Executive in 2002 and Chairman in 2007. Chairman of the British Beer and Pub Association 2008-2010. Master of the Worshipful Company of Vintners 2011-2012
Simon Emeny
Chief Executive
Aged 54. Joined in 1996 from Bass plc where he held a variety of senior operational and strategic planning roles. Appointed to the Board as Retail Director in May 1998, Managing Director, Fuller’s Inns in July 2006, Group Managing Director in November 2010 and Chief Executive in July 2013. Non-Executive Director of The National Gallery Company Limited and Senior Independent Director of WH Smith PLC. Previously Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of Dunelm Group plc. An economics graduate and alumnus of Harvard Business School.
Adam Councell
Finance Director
Aged 42. Appointed in 2019 from AIM-listed Restore plc, where he was Group Finance Director. Started his career at Whitbread plc in the accounts department of The Pelican Group restaurant division before moving to the Milward Brown Precis subsidiary of WPP plc. Joined Rentokil Initial plc in 2003, where he held a variety of finance posts including Commercial Director of the Business and Industry division and Finance Director of Catering and the combined Catering and Hospitals division and finally Finance Director of the UK Business Services division. Qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Holds a degree in Mathematics.