Premier Inn owner Whitbread appoints Christine Hodgson as chair

(Reuters) -Premier Inn owner Whitbread on Tuesday said it has appointed Christine Hodgson, the current chair of British water utility Severn Trent, as its new chair, effective September 1.

Hodgson succeeds Adam Crozier who will step down as Whitbread chair after seven years.

(Reporting by Anandita Mehrotra in Bengaluru; Editing by Eileen Soreng)