New directors at Punch Taverns

Two former directors of Coors and Pizza Hut have joined Punch Taverns as regional operations directors.

Ian Marchant, formerly national director of restaurant excellence at Pizza Hut, and Ian Ronayne, previously trade director of sales at Coors, will look after Punch's south coast and London regions respectively.

Punch Taverns is the UK's largest pub company with an estate of more than 9,200 leased, tenanted and managed outlets.

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By Emily Manson

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