Greggs pinches new CEO from Punch Taverns - UPDATE

High Street pastry and baked goods retailer Greggs said Thursday that Roger Whiteside, the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Punch Taverns, will become its next CEO, having announced in December that Ken McMeikan is leaving the post in March.

High Street pastry and baked goods retailer Greggs said Thursday that Roger Whiteside, the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Punch Taverns, will become its next CEO, having announced in December that Ken McMeikan is leaving the post in March.

Whiteside, who will take up the role from February 4th, has been a Non-Executive Director of Greggs since March 2008 and will leave Punch Taverns in February.

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