Whitbread has given finance director Chris Rogers the job of running its Costa Coffee chain and implementing worldwide expansion plans.
Chris Rogers, who joined Whitbread in 2005 as group finance director, will lead a five year growth plan to increase the size of the business to 3,500 stores worldwide, £1.3bn system sales and 3,000 Costa Express machines by 2016.
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