Jonathan Neame

Joined the Company in 1991. Was Company Secretary until July 1994 and Tied Trade Director until 1999 when he was appointed Managing Director; he was appointed Chief Executive in 2003. He is a Barrister-at-law and was a Management Consultant with the COBA Group from 1987 to 1991. He was Chairman of the British Beer and Pub Association from 2012 to 2015 and a Non-Executive Director of the St Austell Brewery Company Ltd from 2002 until May 2018. He was appointed a director of the Brewers of Europe in 2020. He was Chairman of Visit Kent from 2015 until 2020. He has been a Trustee of the Leeds Castle Foundation since 2011. He is the Upper Warden of the Worshipful Company of Brewers and a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Kent in 2016.