SIBA appoints non-executive director
Former honorary secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group, Robert Humphreys, was appointed as non-executive director for the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA).
Humphreys said he had watched SIBA’s growth from a small band of founding microbrewers in 1980, to an influential and respected trade body with great pleasure.
“While much has changed in those 30+ years, SIBA’s driving force is still its passion for beer and this, combined with its new structure, put it in prime position to represent and develop the British brewing industry,” he added.
Besides Humphreys, Francis Patton and three elected directors, including SIBA’s chairman Guy Sheppard, serve on the SIBA Executive, alongside the senior management team comprising SIBA md Mike Benner, commercial director Nick Stafford and part-time finance director John Hart.
A board of 24 trustees, drawn from SIBA’s brewer members, set strategy for and ratify decisions by the executive.