Clive Royston Watson

Clive qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse in London in 1986 before joining the investment bank Manufacturers Hanover Limited where he spent three years. He joined Regent Inns PLC as Finance Director and Company Secretary in 1990. Clive left Regent Inns PLC in February 1998 and co-founded Tup Inns Limited, where he was responsible for financial and commercial matters as well as acquisitions, before becoming Chief Executive and Finance Director of Tom Hoskins PLC, an AIM-listed company. Clive was founding director of the Capital Pub Company in 2000 where he served as Finance Director until 2007 and then Managing Director before becoming Chief Executive in June 2008. He oversaw the sale of the Capital Pub Company to Greene King in July 2011. Clive was appointed as Chief Executive of The City Pub Company (East) plc in December 2011 before becoming Chairman in September 2014 and served throughout the period.