LEADERS INTERVIEWED IN STAGE ONE, BY INDUSTRY SECTOR

Hotels & Conference Centres

Stephen Carter, General Manager,  St Andrews Bay Resort          Peers

Darroch Crawford, Ops Director, Premier Travel Inn                       The Sunday Times

Sir Rocco Forte, Chairman, Rocco Forte Hotels                           Peers

Peter Lederer, Managing Director, Gleneagles Hotel                     Peers

Jane Littlewood, Ops Director, Hayley Conference Centres           The Sunday Times

Paul Mansi, Ops Director, Radisson Edwardian Hotels                 The Caterer

David Michels, Chief Executive, Hilton Group                               Peers

John Stauss, Regional Vice-President, Four Seasons Hotels        The Caterer

Peter Taylor, Chairman, The Town House Company                     Peers

Restaurants

Mary McLaughlin, Managing Director, La Tasca Restaurants        The Caterer

Alan Parker, Chief Executive, Whitbread Group                           Peers

Julia Rosamond, HR Director, Nandos Chickenland                     The Sunday Times

Jonathan Wild, Chairman, Bettys & Taylors                                The Sunday Times

Contract Catering

Michael Bailey, Chief Executive, Compass Group                        The Sunday Times

Rick Holroyd, Joint Managing Director, Holroyd Howe                   The Sunday Times

Kate Martin, Managing Partner, The Brookwood Partnership         The Caterer      

Alastair Storey, Chief Executive, Baxter Storey                            Peers

Cost Sector

Annette Bird, Operations Manager, Kirklees School Catering          Pilot Interview   

David Preece, Hotel Services Manager, Nottingham NHS Trust       The Caterer      

Leisure

Neil Goulden, Chief Executive, Gala Group                                   The Sunday Times

David Hamdorff, Managing Director, Ragdale Hall Spa                    The Sunday Times

Licensed

Stephen Magorrian, Managing Director, Botanic Inns                    The Sunday Times

David Welsh, Managing Director, Ringwood Brewery                     The Sunday Times

Hospitality Organisations

Bob Cotton, Chief Executive, British Hospitality Association           Peers

Gary Hawkes, Chairman, Edge                                                    Peers

LEADERS INTERVIEWED IN STAGE TWO

Richard Ball, Chairman, Master Innholders

Annette Bird, Operations Manager, Kirklees School Catering

Sir Rocco Forte, Rocco Forte Hotels

Grant Hearn, Chief Executive, Travelodge

Rick Holroyd, Joint MD, Holroyd Howe

Amanda Hughes, Head of Leadership Development, Gala Coral

Omar Ismail, Head of Leadership Development, Radisson Edwardian Hotels

Peter Lederer, MD, Gleneagles Hotel

Stephen Magorrian, MD, Botanic Inns

Kate Martin, Managing Partner, The Brookwood Partnership

John Stauss, Regional Vice President, Four Seasons Hotels

Alastair Storey, Chief Executive, Baxter Storey

Overview of research findings