THE PUB GOVERNING BODY - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• England & Wales / Guild of Master Victualler

Bill is one of the founder member Guild of Master Victualler and was the Parliamentary Representative of that body for many years and also a Fellow of the BII. Bill has a long established history as a working licensee since 1970 and ran a leasehold pub in Central London.

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive

Outside of work, Emma is a big fan of music and sport, closely following the rugby, football and cricket - as well as watching them in her local pub!

George Barnes has worked for Shepherd Neame since 1978 and has been involved in Tenanted operations throughout this period. He is currently Property & Services Director. George is also a Fellow of BII. He is a Chartered Surveyor.

Jayson Perfect joined the Liberation Group, including Butcombe Brewery, pubs and Inns, in 2017 as Managing Director. He was appointed to Group Managing Director in 2020 and is responsible for the estate of 126 tenanted and managed pubs across the UK, Jersey and Guernsey. Jayson was previously tenanted trade director at Palmers brewery for five years and prior to this spent 14 years at Fuller, Smith and Turner in the managed house division. Originally from South Africa, Jayson has over 23 years of hospitality experience in restaurants, pubs and breweries from single site management to directorship. Jayson is a huge rugby fan and enjoys many outdoor activities.

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive of UK Hospital

Kate Nicholls is Chief Executive of UK Hospitality, the leading trade body representing pubs, bars and casual dining businesses. She has worked with the Association since 1998, initially as an external consultant and subsequently with in-house responsibility for public affairs and communications since 2003. She was appointed Strategic Affairs Director in 2010, to the Board in 2013 and was appointed Chief Executive in September 2014. After gaining a degree in English and a post-graduate diploma in competition law, Kate worked as a researcher in the House of Commons and European Parliament before joining Whitbread as Government Relations Manager within the Strategic Affairs Department, advising the Board on political matters and M&A activity. Kate was Associate Director at one of the largest independent public affairs companies - heading up the Competition & Consumer Affairs Unit - before establishing her own strategic communications consultancy in 2000. Kate is a graduate of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and Kings College London

Job Titles:

• England & Wales / Federation of Licensed Victuallers Association

Martin came into the industry straight from school at the age of 18 working for a wine and spirit company achieving a diploma from the Wine & Spirit Education trust, progressed through area management with John Smiths Brewery in the South Yorkshire area. Progressed through ranks continuing to do multi-site management, until i joined the Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations 5 years ago in 2009 as Operations Director providing guidance to members on Employment law, rent reviews, L&T issues, Liaising with Government on all aspects of the licensed trade . At that time sat on the PIRRS board now the PGB.

Job Titles:

• Non Executive Director of the BII

Mike Clist is a Non Executive Director of the BII having been the Chief Executive Officer for the British Institute of Innkeeping from April 2016 until April 2020. The BII is the leading professional body representing individuals working across the licensed hospitality industry. Mike has over 40 years' experience in the pub industry the majority of which has been spent in the Tenanted and Leased sectors. Before joining the BII he was the Operations Director for the Tenanted Division of Fuller, Smith & Turner, an independent, vertically integrated family brewer and pub retailer. He was responsible for the Tenanted and Leased Division of over 200 pubs and was promoted to Director there in 2007.

Job Titles:

• England & Wales / the Licensees Association

With a background in retailing, Nick was previously a manager of the Food Hall in Selfridges, Oxford Street, Nick took has been the Managing Director of Pleisure Ltd since the mid '90's. In his time he has been part of a team that has won several industry awards and also a personal outstanding contribution award in 2003. As a tenant himself and head of the growing Brighton & Hove Licensees Association, with members throughout the South East and national body. The Licensees Association he has 20 years of experience of dealing with leasehold and tenancy issues.

Job Titles:

• Chairman Scotland
• Senior Policy Manager for the Scottish Beer & Pub Association

Paul Togneri is the Senior Policy Manager for the Scottish Beer & Pub Association based in Edinburgh. Prior to joining the trade in 2016, Paul worked with politicians across Holyrood, Westminster & Brussels on policy and communications. An avid pub-goer and football supporter, Paul studied Political Science at the University of Edinburgh and George Washington University.

Paul Waterson has worked in his family's long established licensed trade business for over 50 years. During that time he has ran the family's Pub and Hotel Estate as well as Nightclubs, Off Sales and a Wholesale Wine, Spirits and Beer Company. He has been a member of The Scottish Licensed Trade Association for more than 40 years. He was elected National President of The S.L.T.A. in 1996 and in 1998 he was re-elected for an unprecedented third term. He is a Past President of the Strathclyde Licensed Trade Association and a Past Chairman of the United Kingdom and Ireland L.T.A. In 2002 Paul Waterson became the first Chief Executive of The Scottish Licensed Trade Association in its 138 year history. He stood down in 2018 but continues to be The SLTA's media spokesman. He is a Past President of the Benevolent Society of the Licensed Trade of Scotland; Past Visitor (Chairman) of the Incorporation of Maltmen in Glasgow; he is a past Director and Executive Committee Member of Alcohol Focus Scotland, Scotland's National Alcohol Charity. Paul has sat on a number of committees at the Scottish Parliament looking at licensed trade issues including, The Scottish Government Alcohol Industry Partnership, The Ministerial Tobacco Control Committee and The Age Restricted Products Group; Paul was a member of the Expert Reference Group which looked into the White Paper on Licensing Reform before the new Licensing Act in 2005. More recently Paul has been invited by the Government to sit on panels looking at reviewing the Personal License Holder qualification and the level of Liquor Licensing fees in Scotland. He is on the Executive Committee and Board of the Best Bar None Scheme and in 2014 was asked to sit on the Visit Scotland Thistle Awards Industry Panel.