Phil Urban

Philip Charles Urban is CEO of Mitchells & Butlers, which runs around 1,700 managed pubs, bars and restaurants throughout the United Kingdom.

Early life

Philip Charles Urban was born in February 1963 in Wood Green. Urban has an MBA and is a qualified management accountant. He went to the independent Latymer Upper School.

Career

In September 2015, Mitchells & Butlers issued a profits warning and dismissed CEO, Alistair Darby. He was replaced by Phil Urban, who joined as COO in January having been managing director of Grosvenor Casinos and had previously run Whitbread's pub restaurants division. His basic salary will be £510,000.