M&B appoints two non-executive directors
Managed pub company Mitchells & Butlers has appointed Denis Jackson and Ray MacSharry as non-executive directors.
Denis Jackson has significant investment banking experience, joining Salomon Brothers in 1990, which later became part of Citigroup. He also has extensive expertise in treasury and liability management functions and more recently was Head of EMEA Prime Brokerage Sales in London.
He brings a combination of international and capital markets knowledge to the board, having spent a number of years in New York and Hong Kong and previously within corporate banking at The Sumitomo Bank.
He left Citigroup in 2009 but remains a trustee of Citigroup Global Markets Limited Pension and Life Assurance Scheme having been elected in 2008. Ray MacSharry has extensive corporate experience through his previous roles as non-executive director of Bank of Ireland and Ryanair Holdings, having been chairman of Ryanair before it became public in 1997.
He was also chairman of London City Airport, Eircom Group and Green Property and was appointed to the Board of Irish Life & Permanent in 2008 to represent the taxpayer under the Government's bank guarantee scheme.
Prior to this, MacSharry held various ministerial positions in Ireland before taking on the role of Ireland's EU Commissioner. These included Minister for Finance, Minister for Agriculture and Governor of the European Investment Bank.
