It has been announced that after three years of service at Rank non-executive director Brendan O’Neill (one of the most experienced businessmen on the Board of Directors) is leaving at the end of December.

Before joining the Board in October 2004, O’Neill had served as the Chief Executive Officer and Director for Imperial Chemical Industries, hah had senior positions at Guinness, the International Region for United Distillers, Financial Control, HSBC Holdings, BICC and the Ford Motor Company.

58-year-old O’Neill is still holding positions of the Chairman for RAC Pension Trustees Limited, a Non-Executive Director for Aegis Group, Tyco International Ltd, Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc and Endurance Speciality Holdings Ltd, a Bermuda-based insurance company.