Steve Goodyear to leave Young's

Steve Goodyear is to stand down as non-executive chairman from Young's. 

He will retire from the board of the pub company and brewer following the company’s Annual General Meeting in July 2024. He will be succeeded by Steve Cooke.

Having served as chief executive of Young's from 2003 to July 2016, Goodyear has been non-executive chairman of the company since July 2017.

Over his time at the business, he has overseen the transformation of Young’s into a premium, individual and differentiated managed house operator of pubs with rooms. He originally joined the company in 1995.

Cooke will join the board as a non-executive director on 1 November 2023, before transitioning to non-executive chairman in July 2024. He is currently the senior partner at Slaughter and May and has a wealth of corporate experience having joined the firm in 1982, before heading its mergers and acquisitions practice from 2001 to 2016. 

"Steve Cooke is an exceptional corporate lawyer with an excellent reputation who has risen to senior partner at one of the most admired law firms in the world," says Goodyear. "He will bring a strong and valuable external perspective to the board, and I’m delighted that, with the full support of the board, he will be joining Young’s as a non-executive director in November before taking over as chairman in July 2024."

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