Mitchells & Butlers targets three potential chief executive candidates

22nd February 2012, 12:04pm

National pubco Mitchells & Butlers has selected three potential candidates to fill the much-publicised chief executive role.

A source told the Financial Times that the shortlist of three was formed after another three candidates allegedly spurned the pub group's approaches.

According to the report, Simon Emeny MD at Fuller's and Mike Tye chief executive of Spirit were both approached – something M&B denies.

The Financial Times' article reports that Joe Lewis' involvement with M&B is having an impact on the recruitment process which has now been running for almost a year, after Adam Fowle quit last March.

The source told the newspaper: "Lewis is a big negative in the recruitment process – they need to go find someone who is outside the sector. But M&B is still the Manchester United of the pub sector so they could offer a football manager's package [whereby] a CEO goes in on a high salary expecting a rough ride."

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