Charles Dent has chosen to retire as Chairman of the board of Timothy Taylor at the next Annual General Meeting, on 15 December 2017.
Dent (pictured right) first joined the board in 1980 as a non-executive, with his father-in-law, Sir John Taylor (later Lord Ingrow) as Managing Director & Chairman. He then joined to work full time in 1992 taking over as Managing Director in 1995 with Michael Carr as Chairman (1995-2002). Charles became Chairman in 2014 with the appointment of Tim Dewey as Chief Executive.
As a result of Dent’s retirement, the board has unanimously appointed Tim Clarke, currently our Senior Independent Director (SID), as Chairman with Mike Bramley taking the role of SID.
Tim Clarke (pictured left) has been a Director of Timothy Taylor since 2010, and SID since 2014 and has an extensive business background; most recently being appointed Chairman of Birmingham Airport. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Hall and Woodhouse, brewers & pub operators, based in Dorset.
Mike Bramley has been a Director of Timothy Taylor since 2012 and a trustee of our pension fund. He was previously Managing Director of Mitchells & Butlers and is Chairman of their pension fund.