12th Feb 2016 11:57
LONDON (Alliance News) - Brewer Greene King PLC Friday said incoming Chairman Philip Yea bought 30,000 shares at 858.98 pence per share on Thursday.
The purchase is his only holding and will be replacing incumbent Chairman Tim Bridge who will retire in May.
Yea is currently a senior independent director at telecoms group Vodafone Group PLC and IT services company Computacenter PLC, and recently stepped down as chairman of online gaming company bwin.party digital entertainment PLC following its acquisition by GVC Holdings PLC.
Prior to this, he was chief executive of private equity investor 3i Group PLC and finance director at drinks giant Diageo PLC.
The stock was up 0.7% at 851.50p Friday.
By Arvind Bhunjun; [email protected]; @ArvindBhunjun
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