German Doner Kebab has employed two senior executives from Domino’s Pizza Group UK — Simon Wallis, the pizza chain’s former chief transformation officer — and Robin Caley, who served as group improvement director on the pizza model. Wallis is GDK’s CEO, succeeding Imran Sayeed, who has been promoted to Group CEO at Hero Manufacturers’ F&B Division, which is GDK’s mum or dad group. Caley will tackle the function of chief improvement officer.
“As Imran advances to understand our imaginative and prescient for the Hero Manufacturers Group, I am delighted to have received over Simon and Robin to hitch GDK and our endeavour to develop the fast-casual model of the long run,” Athif Sarwar, chairman of Hero Manufacturers, mentioned in an organization press launch.
Hero Manufacturers owns Choppaluna, Island Poke, Soiled Bones, and Sides, an idea collectively developed with YouTube superstars, the Sidemen.
“We’re extraordinarily happy to be bringing in each Simon and Robin at such an thrilling part of the GDK journey,” Sarwar mentioned within the launch. “The subsequent 12 months are going to be even larger as we proceed on our path of fast improvement all through the UK and worldwide progress areas.”
“I’m tremendous excited to be becoming a member of the staff at GDK to steer the enterprise by its subsequent stage of progress, and to construct on the nice foundations laid by our hard-working staff members and franchise companions in fulfilling our ambition to create the undisputed #1 doner kebab model on the planet,” Wallis mentioned within the launch.
Based mostly in Glasgow, Scotland, GDK has grown to over 140 eating places throughout the U.Ok., continental Europe, the Center East and North America.
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