Whitbread poaches Premier Farnell’s FD

Mr Cadbury will join Whitbread from Leeds-based electronic components distributor Premier Farnell.

Mr Cadbury will succeed Christopher Rogers, who becomes managing director of the group’s Costa Coffee chain, the company said

Mr Cadbury joined Premier Farnell in 2011 after working at Dixons Retail in a variety of roles, including three years as finance director.

Premier Farnell, which in May lost chief executive Harriet Green to tour operator Thomas Cook, said its former finance director Mark Whiteling would rejoin the company in an expanded role that encompassed IT as well as finance.