Mitchells & Butlers plc announced that Ms. Imelda Walsh and Mr. Colin Rutherford have been appointed as independent Non-Executive Directors of the Company with immediate effect. Ms Walsh is a Non-Executive Director, and chair of the Remuneration Committee, of William Hill plc and was a Non-Executive Director, and chair of the Remuneration Committee, of Sainsbury's Bank plc from 2006 to 2010. Mr. Rutherford is currently a Non-Executive Director of De Vere Group Limited, where he chairs the Audit Committee and sits on the Remuneration and Nominations Committees.