Andrew Carr is to this year step down from his role as CFO of Merlin Entertainments, the international family entertainment location operator.
Carr has been in the role since 1999 and has served as a company director over the same period. The Merlin board will now begin a succession planning process so that he can retire in 2016. He will remain in the post to enable a smooth handover.
Company chairman Sir John Sunderland thanked Carr for his dedication over the last 16 years.
“Andrew has been a major contributor to Merlin’s phenomenal growth during this period and to its successful transition to a public company,” he said. “We look forward to working with his successor to further build on this progress.”
Carr described it as a “privilege” to work at Merlin, noting that with the recent joint venture announced with China Media Capital to develop new attractions in China, there will be “lots of innovation and growth in the future.”
