Whitbread searching for new CEO as Alison Brittain plans to step aside

The hospitality powerhouse behind Premier Inn is hunting for a chief executive to replace Alison Brittain. Brittain is readying to step aside from her role heading Whitbread, following seven years in the top job, according to The Sunday Times.  Headhunters at Spencer Stuart have been hired by Whitbread to find a suitable replacement for Brittain. [...]