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CEO – Popeyes
The Company
Iconic US fast food brand, private equity backed with hugely ambitious growth on the cards. With a plan to open 20+ restaurants a year, we are building their team for national growth.
The Brief
Seeking a CEO to join this brand in its infancy, to lead its entry into the UK market and build a leadership team that is able to work within a fast paced start-up environment and then quickly pivot into scaling a national brand.
The Candidate
A multi-brand CEO with a proven track record, this individual has start-up experience and worked within a number of market leading corporate organisations. Inclusive in style yet strategic and measured in execution.
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Secret – Managing Director
The Company
A well-established food service business, PE backed and on a clear trajectory through organic growth and acquisitions, needed an interim MD for one of its divisions, with the chance to go permanent.
The Brief
Ideally looking for an experienced MD within food service, preferably with relevant sector expertise and the ability to hit the ground running.
The Candidate
Troika’s network identified a proven MD with expertise in precisely the field needed, the individual is a proven change agent with experience of both large scale plc business and PE. This candidate was made MD from day one given their obvious suitability for the role.
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Rosas
The Company
Private Equity backed, emerging and authentic restaurant concept with big plans to scale.
The Brief
A strategic and operationally focused marketer who can execute and scale in equal measure. An all-encompassing marketing role building a marketing plan alongside the business plan, leading all comms internally and externally and tailoring customer insight data into brand collateral.
The Candidate
An engaging and proven Marketing Director who has worked in both big brands and start-ups. She thrives in people focused environments and puts as much emphasis on the small things in order to make the big things happen.
Group Director of Finance
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Stafford Collection
The Company
A small collection of exceptional, luxury hotels and restaurants spread across the UK
The Brief
A hands-on, entrepreneurial, finance leader with an operational mindset. Someone who can lead and advise on the expansion of the group, working closely with the board based in the UK and ownership family in the Middle East.
The Candidate
A personable, polished Group FD used to working both with owner operators and 100% people focused and whilst inside a bigger operation, still across the detail and interested in the day-to-day operation. Not one to be desk bound!
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Honest Burgers
The Company
A private equity backed fast casual brand with an exciting future ahead. They are well invested, have a great people culture and are marketing leading in their sector.
The Brief
As this is a people first business looking for an incredible People Director to lead the way! The brand embraces change and needed someone to drive innovation whilst being strategic in overcoming the current employment challenges.
The Candidate
The proven People Director with a wealth of experience in building a business for scale and all the nuances that come with that. Warm and engaging and a natural leader.
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Mowgli
The Company
A hugely successful, founder led streetfood concept with an exceptional product and market leading in its cuisine. With secure PE funding and a strong market presence, the brand is set for incredible things.
The Brief
The business required a Property Director to navigate their national expansion and help them to continue to create beautiful spaces in competitive locations.
The Candidate
We identified a true industry expert, a great guy whose super power is the ability to project manage with commercial acumen whilst balancing empathy and an appreciation for the brand.
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Secret – Hotel Aquisitions
The Company
Dynamic UK-based private equity property investor, with specific interest across hospitality asset classes, adding value with operational expertise.
The Brief
An experienced, respected hotel asset acquisitions and development specialist, with in-depth sector knowledge and a proven network of agents and contacts across the UK and Europe.
The Candidate
A focused, entrepreneurial and highly skilled hotel property development expert who was ready for a move into the intensity and pace of a private equity propelled business, and importantly was closely aligned with the client’s collaborative people culture and central sustainability values.
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St Austell
The Company
A pub and brewing business steeped in history with a deep rotted loyal customer base.
The Brief
Looking for an Operations Director to lead the premiumisation of their managed pub offer. With some of the ground work done in menu innovation and marketing, there was a burning desire to bring in a proven operator who could lead the team and the project in its entirety.
The Candidate
The successful candidate came from the corporate pub environment with a wealth of previous experience across the contract catering, fast food, and casual dining space. Highly accomplished with a genuine passion for excellence.
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NZR Group
The Company
This international restaurant group delivers the most authentic and exciting experiences within beautifully designed, modern architectural spaces, in some of the world’s most inspirational cities.
The Brief
A technically proven, detailed and tenacious construction projects professional with experience in delivering high-quality, high-spec hospitality rebuild and refurbishment projects, on time and on budget.
The Candidate
A superbly experienced, energetic projects specialist with a strong background in leading large-scale projects across multiple industries, along with a track record of delivering complex hospitality projects in the UK and abroad.
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Mortimer House
The Company
A collection of hotels, workspaces, members’ houses, restaurants & bars that are developed, operated and activated in select places across the world.
The Brief
A proactive and driven event sales candidate with a background in business development and a warm, consultative style. A passion for events, people and awn understanding of the complexities around selling events within a popular members club was key. Someone with the capacity to step into a group role also.
The Candidate
The successful candidate was fresh on the market and a superstar event sales person, at the perfect point in her career to really grow with the business as they approach their second new opening in 2023.
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HG
The Company
An end-to-end design solution group, providing stunning bespoke interior schemes for the fast-growing, high-end UK Build to Rent sector.
The Brief
A seasoned Senior Interior Designer ready for a step up into a brand new, stand-alone ‘Head of’ capacity within a rapidly-scaling business, bringing strong business development, client relationship and design skills to the role.
The Candidate
A brilliant designer full of creative and innovative ideas, determined and dedicated with fantastic client communication skills and a warm, genuine and fun personality.
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Chicken Shop
The Company
A recently rebranded, fast-casual concept in the midst of a significant expansion plan.
The Brief
An agile, innovative techie with experience of setting up and managing the entire IT infrastructure of a QSR brand. Someone who can ensure the IT systems are directly enabling improved revenue and service standards.
The Candidate
A hospitality IT expert with an exceptional collaborative approach to ensure IT is a direct support function of all departments. His detailed and passionate analysis of the business during interview highlighted him as perfect fit at such an important stage of the business growth.