The board of Directors of Greene King plc announced that Nick Mackenzie will join the board on May 1, 2019 as Chief Executive in succession to Rooney Anand. Nick will be joining from Merlin Entertainments plc where, as a member of the Executive Committee, he is responsible for the Midway portfolio of attractions, which comprises over 100 businesses around the world including Madame Tussauds, the London Eye and SEA LIFE aquariums. He is also currently an independent non-executive director of Daniel Thwaites PLC, a role he will be relinquishing before taking up his executive role at Greene King.