Drew Brown
About
Drew Brown is from Greater Oxford Area. Drew works in the following industries: "Hospitality". Drew is currently Managing Director at Grosvenor Pubs & Inns, located in Farnham, England, United Kingdom. Drew also works as Board Trustee at SSNAP (Support for Sick Newborns and Their Parents) , a job Drew has held since Feb 2020. In Drew's previous role as a Managing Director - Board Director - Leader & Inspirator at Dominion Hospitality Ltd, Drew worked in until Oct 2021. Prior to joining Dominion Hospitality Ltd, Drew was a Area Director at Landmark and held the position of Area Director at No.1 Royal Exchange, London. Prior to that, Drew was a Group Head of Hotels and Food & Beverage at The Bannatyne Group, based in Darlington, United Kingdom from Mar 2016 to Jan 2017. Drew started working as Operational Systems Change Manager at Whitbread in Dunstable in Nov 2013. From Jan 2011 to Nov 2013, Drew was Regional Operations Manager at Whitbread, based in South of England. Prior to that, Drew was a Head of Customer Services at Travelodge Hotels Limited, based in Thame from May 2010 to Dec 2010. Drew started working as District Manager at Travelodge Hotels Limited in South of England in Jul 2008.
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Drew Brown's current jobs
Part of Red Lion Group
SSNAP, located in the John Radcliffe Hospital , is the charity dedicated to supporting the families of sick and premature babies. We provide emotional and practical support to families, we fund innovative and life changing equipment and our research fellowships will ensure lasting change to how babies are cared for and treated in neonatal units here in the UK and around the world.
Drew Brown's past jobs
Full responsibility across all functions of the business including 21 pubs, 13 hotels and 1 nightclub. A young, exciting, ambitious and growing hospitality business. Operating two brands Relax and Historic Innz and two business operating models managed and franchised.
Responsibility for 9 premium business centres in London City working with some of the leading financial and technology businesses. Work Proud www.landmarkspace.co.uk
Direct line management and responsibility of all functions of the group of 5 hotels and full responsibility of the food and beverage across the group of 70 health clubs.
Operational business lead for the IS transformation strategy across Whitbread restaurants division Responsible for Sponsorship and Stakeholder Management from site to Board Level Successful implementation of a restaurants booking system across 410 restaurants Implementation of a Kitchen Management System Implementation of a world class Workforce Management System across 15000 employees and central support functions Implementation of a new restaurants payment system Leading the business case for future developments / roadmap
Responsible for 18 Table Table restaurants, with a turnover of £19m Coaching & development of a management team of 72 Increasing Team Engagement through driving great communication, providing opportunities for growth, learning and development Increasing sales and profitability through the implementation of sales plans, focusing the teams on 'service that sells' increasing spend per head. Working with the kitchen teams to provide great food without waste Deliver great guest experience, increasing guest net recommend by +25% Delivering consistency and operational excellence
Leading the customer relations team Implementation of customer service standards across 600 hotels Board level stakeholder management Responsible for the booking support team both internal and call centre)
Responsible for 16 hotels totalling 1200 rooms with an annual turnover of £15m Delivered an all green balanced score card 13% increase in sales 74% increase in F&B sales 11.6% increase in operating profit
Responsible for the management of a 6,000-member club with an annual turnover of £3.5m and EBITDA of £1.2m
Responsible for the management of a 4 star, 182 bedrooms, 10 C&B room’s capacity 1200 covers, 5 bars, incorporating Marlow’s tapas bar, 90 covers restaurant, full leisure & spa facilities, 150 private car park. Turnover £6.2m and EBITDA £2m
Responsible for the management of a national hunt and flat racecourse, with a combined turnover of £2.3m
Full operational responsibility for 7 health and fitness clubs located in the North of England and Scotland.