Who is Rooney Anand? Rooney Anand, 54, was born in Delhi, India, and moved to Walsall, West Midlands, aged two. His father, a surgeon, and mother, an anaesthetist, had hoped their son would follow them into medicine. But after a brief stint in construction Mr Anand studied a Business Masters Degree and joined United Biscuits where he developed a knack for marketing. Various other marketing-type roles followed at Terry's Confectionery and pudding maker Sara Lee. When he moved to Greene King in 2001 as head of brewing, he admitted he'd barely heard of the company and had certainly never been to Bury St Edmunds, where the company is based.