3
April 2024
Comptoir
Group Plc
("Comptoir", the "Group" or the "Company")
Appointment of Finance
Director
Senior leadership team
appointments
Comptoir Group Plc (AIM: COM), the
owner and/or operator of Lebanese, Middle Eastern and North African
inspired restaurants is pleased to announce the appointment of
James Fisher as Finance Director. James,
who joins from Wahaca, will start at Comptoir in Summer 2024 and
will be appointed to the Board.
James brings more than a decade of
experience in senior financial roles across the consumer and
hospitality sectors. Since September 2020, James held the role of
Finance Director at Wahaca, and prior to that he was Financial
Controller between 2018 and 2020. James was previously Senior
Finance Manager at BT and the Group Reporting Manager at Inchcape.
James is an ACA qualified accountant.
Senior leadership team appointments
James' appointment finalises the
restructure of the senior leadership team at Comptoir Group
following the appointment of Travis Fish as Operations Director and
Dominika Kurowska as People Director.
Most recently, Travis was Managing
Director at Ballie Ballerson, the cocktail bar operator, and prior
to that was co-founder of Middle Eastern QSR brand Bababoom. He has
previous experience at Nando's and M&B. Dominika has most
recently been consulting for brands in the hospitality sector and
prior to that has held senior roles at contract caterers, CH&Co
and Harbour & Jones.
Nick Ayerst, CEO of Comptoir, commented:
"We are excited to welcome James, Travis and Dominika to the
Comptoir Group and look forward to benefitting from their
experience and sector expertise. This is a key time for Comptoir
with both franchise and equity restaurant openings, and we are
confident that these three senior appointments will help lead the
business into the next phase of growth. We know there is strong
demand for our brand of Lebanese, Middle Eastern & North
African food and we are on a mission to further grow this market
serving our great food and hospitality one dish at a
time."
Enquiries:
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Comptoir Group plc
Beatrice Lafon, Non-Executive
Chair
Nick Ayerst, CEO
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via Camarco
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Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nominated Adviser and
Broker)
Simon Hicks
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020 7220 0500
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Camarco (Media Contact)
Jennifer Renwick
Letaba Rimell
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comptoir@camarco.co.uk
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About Comptoir Group
Comptoir Group PLC owns and operates
27 Lebanese restaurants, six of which are franchised, based
predominately in the UK. The flagship brand of the group, Comptoir
Libanais, is a collection of 22 restaurants located across London,
nationwide and international Travel Hubs, including cities such as
Manchester, Bath, Birmingham, Oxford and Dubai.
The name Comptoir Libanais means
Lebanese Counter and is a place where guests can eat casually and
enjoy Middle Eastern and North African food, served with warm and
friendly hospitality and a bright vibrant environment.
The Group also operates Shawa,
serving traditional shawarma through a counter service model in
Westfield and Bluewater shopping centres, Yalla-Yalla near Oxford
Circus and entertainment venue Kenza, located in Devonshire Square,
London.
The group has expanded
internationally with its franchise partners HMSHOST, with
restaurants in the Netherlands and Middle East.
