Green retires from Compass Group
After nearly 40 years of service, Gary Green has announced that he will be retiring as group chief operating officer (COO), North America and as a director of Compass Group PLC. He will step down from the board on 30th November 2023, though he will remain available to Compass Group until 31st March 2024.
Palmer Brown will assume the role of group chief operating officer, North America with effect from
1st December and will remain a director of the board. He will hand over his responsibilities as group chief financial officer to Petros Parras, who is currently regional finance director, Europe Middle East (EME).
Brown joined the US business 22 years ago and has spent most of his working career in North America in a variety of senior finance, strategy and legal roles. Parras, meanwhile, was appointed in January 2020 and will join the board on 1st December 2023.
Green reflected: “I am honoured to have led the North American business as its COO over the past two decades and I’m very grateful for the many opportunities and experiences that this role has offered me. I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside many talented colleagues across the Group and, given the strength of our people and culture, I believe now is the time to hand over the business to the extremely capable team.
“I am delighted that the board has appointed Palmer Brown as my successor. Palmer and I have worked closely for over two decades and he is absolutely the best person to drive the business forward."
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