Our Team

Stephen co-founded Franchise Brands in 2008 and has since led the development of the business, including the IPO and external growth. He is a Chartered Accountant by training and spent nine years with 3i becoming an Investment Director. He then joined Domino’s Pizza Group as Finance Director, progressing to CEO, Executive Chairman and Non-executive Chairman. During this time he took Domino’s Pizza Group from private ownership to a market capitalisation of almost £1.5bn. He retired as Non-executive Chairman in 2019 after 21 years with the business to focus exclusively on Franchise Brands.

Peter has over 35 years of management and commercial experience. Peter joined Metro Rod in 2003 and was promoted
to Commercial Director in 2005 and to Managing Director in 2017 following the acquisition by Franchise Brands. In October 2024 he was appointed as Group CEO, with responsibility for the day-to-day leadership of Franchise Brands across our four principal divisions and shared central functions, and driving the implementation of our strategy, business performance and accelerating the integration of the group. Prior to joining Metro Rod, he was Managing Director of Solaglas Replacement Glazing, part of the Saint-Gobain Group.

Andrew originally joined Franchise Brands in 2016 as Finance Director, and since 2017 has been the Group’s Commercial Director. He has significant experience in franchising and business development and was Finance Director of Domino’s Pizza Group from 2001 to 2004 before being appointed as its Business Development Director.

Peter is a highly experienced public company director with substantial experience in business building and management in the technology sector. He co-founded Celebrus Technologies plc (originally IS Solutions plc, then D4t4 Solutions plc) in 1985 and was responsible for sales and business development before being appointed CEO in 2016. During his tenure as CEO, Celebrus achieved substantial growth in revenue and profits, growing from a market capitalisation of c.£40m to c.£160m when he stood down in 2022. Peter has experience of both the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market and AIM. Peter was appointed as a Director of the Company on 2 October 2023.

Andy is an experienced banking professional with extensive experience in the franchising sector. From 2016 until recently he was UK Head of Franchise at HSBC, the market leader in the UK franchise sector. As well as supporting the growth of HSBC’s franchise business in the UK, Andy has also led the expansion of HSBC’s franchise model internationally. Andy’s career in banking over the past 30 years has also encompassed roles with HBOS, RBS and Standard Chartered. Andy was appointed as a Director of the Company on 12 September 2022.

Nigel co-founded Franchise Brands in 2008. He is an entrepreneurial investor in both public and private companies. Currently he is a substantial shareholder and Director at Chapel Down Group plc and is a significant investor in a wide ranging number of AIM quoted companies, as well as a number of private companies, including Saracens Rugby Club. He is a former Director and was a significant shareholder in Domino’s Pizza. He was appointed as a Director of the Company on 15 July 2016.

Rob is a commercially focused chartered governance professional who previously served as an independent Non-executive Director of the Group from the IPO in July 2016 until 1 October 2023. He was appointed as Company Secretary on 2 October 2023 and has over 30 years’ experience gained in FTSE listed and AIM quoted companies. Rob was previously company secretary of Greene King, Lonmin and, most recently, De La Rue. He also held a number of company secretary appointments during an interim/freelance career, including Domino’s Pizza Group. Rob was chosen as his professional body’s Company Secretary of the Year in 2014.

Chris joined the business in 2017 as Managing Director for Pirtek UK and Ireland and over the past six years the business has grown strongly under his leadership. Following Franchise Brands’ acquisition of Pirtek, Chris was appointed as CEO of Pirtek Europe. He was previously Managing Director of Brammer Group between 2014 and 2017 and between 2010 and 2013 held senior management positions in business development and strategy with Harsco Metals. His roles with Brammer and Harsco Metals included substantial international experience.

Jason Sayers founded Filta in 1996 and took the business to the US in 2003. Prior to the merger with Franchise Brands, he was Group CEO. He is now Managing Director of Filta International with responsibility for growing the Filta businesses in the US and Europe.

Tom is an accomplished US franchise industry veteran with over 25 years’ experience. Tom joined Filta in 2009, first serving as the VP of Sales, then promoted to COO in 2011. In 2019 he became responsible for the North American business. Tom spent the earlier part of his career in the hospitality sector with both hotel and restaurant franchisors.

Tim is a seasoned franchise professional with 30 years’ experience of successfully developing automotive, commercial and domestic franchise businesses in both international and UK markets. Tim joined the Group in 2008 and is the Managing Director of the B2C Division. Prior to joining the Group, Tim held senior sales positions at a number of franchisor companies.

Mark was previously COO of D4t4Solutions, an AIM listing IT provider, specializing in data solutions. He has considerable operational, sales and financial experience having been both board director and senior manager at technology consultancies and product based technology companies such as rbase, Morse, PTC and Siemens, and more recently Dell EMC.

Colin is a highly experienced IT professional. He was appointed to the new position of Chief Information Officer in April 2017. Colin was previously Director of IT at Domino’s Pizza where he was responsible for all IT systems. He previously held a number of senior IT roles at EasyJet including Head of Software Delivery. Colin started his career at Argos plc and held several positions over a ten-year period.

Robin oversees consumer, trade and franchise recruitment marketing activity ensuring continual evolution of strategy
and best practice in execution. He joined Franchise Brands in 2010 and has a successful track record of marketing success over 25 years. He is best known for his work at Domino’s Pizza Group as Sales & Marketing Director.

Julia has 35 years of commercial, finance and investment experience. Julia joined the Group at its formation in 2008 and has a particular focus on corporate development, which includes acquisitions. Between 1997 and 2005, Julia held a number of senior management roles at AXA Investment Managers, including Managing Director of the UK operation. Her early career was spent in corporate finance and investment management with BZW in London and Asia.

John Michals was recently appointed COO of Filta US. His background is in financial commodities having managed a derivatives brokerage desk for 13 years. John joined Filta as a franchisee in 2019 and quickly grew his NJ based business from startup to the 4th largest in the Filta network.