Simon Dodd

Simon was appointed chief executive in July 2022, succeeding Patrick Dardis. He joined the company as chief operating office in September 2019, with responsibility for the group’s managed house operations, including food development and marketing. Having spent more than a decade working in the pub and brewing sector, he has a wealth of experience. Before starting at Young’s, Simon was a director at Fuller’s and MD of their beer company (2016-19) – previously, he was the operations director of their premium city pubs division (2015-16). Prior to joining Fuller’s, Simon was at the Orchid Pub Company: COO (2013-14) and commercial director (2006-13). With his experience, knowledge and retail and marketing background, Simon makes a positive contribution to the well-established Young’s business, and he combines this with good analytical and people skills.