Group CEO of Revolution Bars Group (RBG)

Leadership of a 500+ outlet business unit consisting of the Harvester, Toby Carvery and Stonehouse brands. Member of the M&B Executive Committee.

Leadership of the Operations, Marketing and Human Resources teams for a 550 outlet business unit which includes the Sizzling Pubs, O'Neill's Irish Pubs, Crown Carvery and the High Street Pubs brands.

Bramwell was a private equity backed business with 185 outlets across the UK that was formed out of the restructuring of the Barracuda Group in September of 2012. Key Responsibilities • Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, and an executive board member of Bramwell Pub Company.• Leading the change agenda for the organisation to transform the business performance through focusing on our customers’ needs and the development of our talent.• P&L accountability for 185 outlets, delivering sales of up to £150 million and EBITDA of £18 million. Improving operational delivery through the leadership of the two regional operations directors.• Leading the HR function to create our people led culture and embedding this across the support centre, field based teams and our 3,200 retail team members. • Segmenting the existing estate to deliver focused customer offers and creating an investment pipeline.

Stonegate is a private equity backed business with a market valuation of c£500m and is owned by TDR Capital. Town & City was successfully sold to Stonegate in June 2011, having been formed in March 2008 when Laurel was split into two business units. Key Responsibilities • Reporting to the CEO with P&L accountability for up to 150 outlets, delivering sales of up to £120 million and EBITDA of £15million.• Create and implement the company’s 3 year business plan. • Undertook customer led segmentation of our estate into distinct trading formats. • Lead, develop and inspire up to 10 Area Managers, Cross Functional Support Team and 2,500 retail team members.

Spirit group was a private equity backed business owned by Blackstone, Texas Pacific & CVC and was sold to Punch PLC for £2.7bn.Key Responsibilities • P&L responsibility for 150 outlets, delivering sales of £110 million and £35 million operating profit.• Creation and delivery of the divisional business plan, delivering company expectations to achieve ‘bank plan’. • Operational and concept responsibility for delivering a £10 million capital investment programme. • Leading a cross-functional team of Operations, Commercial, Finance and HR to deliver the divisional plan.

Key Responsibilities • Reporting to the Group Strategy Director for Spirit Group Ltd.• Project management for the strategic review of Spirit Group’s high-street business, comprising 570 outlets, delivering sales of £560 million and £158 million EBITDA.• Creation of the 3-year strategic plan to deliver future business growth; working with the Spirit Group Board and managing external business consultants Bain & Co.

S&N Retail was the retail division of S&N PLC, a FTSE 100 blue chip company, and was sold to Spirit Group for £2.3bn.