# Hammerson PLC Appoint Carol Welch as  Non-Executive Director

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/hammerson-plc-appoint-carol-welch-as-non-executive-director/412766430
- Published: 2019-02-05T07:58:41+00:00
- Author: Charlotte Edwards

**Hammerson PLC** (LON:HMSO) announced the appointment of Carol Welch as a Non-Executive
Director with effect from 1 March 2019. Carol is the Managing Director for the UK
and Ireland at ODEON Cinemas Group. She is also a non-executive director of Digital
Cinema Media Limited and a member of the board of the UK Cinema Association.

Carol began her career on a marketing graduate training programme at PepsiCo, holding
progressively more senior roles in marketing, innovation and business transformation
at a number of international fast-moving consumer goods businesses: Cadbury Schweppes,
Associated British Foods and Whitbread. Most recently, Carol led the transformation
of Costa Coffee as chief marketing officer with responsibility for brand communications,
digital, in-store design and the loyalty programme. In 2017 she then joined ODEON
Cinemas, a division of AMC Theatres, and has initiated a strategy to transform the
UK estate and guest experience, including the development of premium offerings.

> **David Tyler, Hammerson Chair of the Board, said:**
> “I am delighted to welcome Carol Welch as a Non-Executive Director. She has extensive
> marketing and brand experience in global consumer goods businesses and more recent
> leisure and hospitality experience at Costa Coffee and currently at ODEON Cinemas.
> She will bring a valuable occupier perspective as well as a deep understanding
> of the changing tastes of the UK consumer. We believe that this will allow her
> to make a significant contribution to our Board.”

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