Roger Devlin

When Roger Devlin, chairman of Marston’s and erstwhile head of mergers and acquisitions at Hill Samuel in New York, wrote a film script about a rogue trader its chances of making it on to the big screen appeared remote. Not to be put off, Mr Devlin turned co-producer to make Breaking the Bank, and last year it went on general release after being picked up by Universal. 

Marston’s chairman Roger Devlin said: “I am delighted to welcome Matthew to Marston’s and to the board.  His extensive property expertise and experience of a variety of high calibre, consumer-facing leisure and retail corporates will be highly relevant to Marston’s as we progress the continued development of our own business in pub-retailing and brewing.”