Rooney Anand
Senior Independent Director
business
Morrison Management Specialists, Inc.
Netherlands
Biography
Rooney joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director on 1 January 2016. He is a member of the Nomination, Remuneration and Corporate Compliance and Responsibility Committees. Rooney is a highly experienced retail and fast moving consumer goods executive. Following a career with United Biscuits and then Sara Lee, he joined Greene King PLC in 2001 as Managing Director of its brewery company. He was appointed CEO of Greene King in 2005, a role he currently holds. Rooney is credited with changing Greene King from a regional brewery and pub business, to a brand-led pub, restaurant and hotel operator. In 2015 he completed Greene King’s £770m takeover of the Spirit Pub Group, which made Greene King the largest managed pub group in the UK.
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