Andrew is Chief Executive Officer of SSP. He was a Group Board Director of Compass Group plc, for 9 years from 1997 until September 2005, initially as Group Finance Director and from 2004 as CEO of SSP. Andrew led SSP through the sale process from Compass in June 2006 and now heads the company under its new private equity owner, EQT.

Andrew has been involved in the foodservice industry since 1988 when he joined the management buy out team of Travellers Fare, the food retail arm of British Rail.

Andrew is a Non-Executive Director of DSGi plc; and has previously worked for Prudential Corporation PLC and KPMG.

CEO SSP UK Airports, France and Benelux, Nick graduated from University of Surrey with an Honours degree in Hotel & Catering Administration, and subsequently spent many years working in both the hotel and restaurant sectors with Whitbread, Ladbroke (now Hilton) Group, Harry Ramsden's and Scotts Hospitality. Nick joined Compass Group in 1991, initially as MD of SSP UK Airports, becoming President of SSP North America and then MD SSP International, developing new concessions markets around the world and integrating the newly acquired business of Louis Catering. In September 2004 Nick was appointed CEO of SSP France and took on responsibility for SSP’s business in the Benelux countries. In November 2007 Nick was appointed CEO SSP UK Airports, retaining his responsibility for France and Benelux.

SSP’s Chief Marketing Officer, Noel has spent over 25 years working in international marketing across Europe. This included extensive periods focusing on product marketing, brand marketing and strategic business planning. Noel has held several senior international marketing roles in different organisations, including at Diageo, where he was head of worldwide marketing for Baileys. He was also managing director of Metaxa International. Noel worked for Proctor and Gamble in Geneva and spent three years as head of marketing at the Irish Tourist Board in the 1990s.  Noel joined the Board of SSP in December 2007.

Group Commercial Director, Sukh started his career with Imperial Inns and Taverns. He joined Sutcliffe Catering in 1987 working in the payroll department. Within two years he transferred to the finance department managing various aspects of the balance sheet and progressed to Group Financial Controller for Sutcliffe Catering Group. He qualified as a CIMA Accountant in 1991. Following the acquisition of Forte Hotels by Granada in 1995, Sukh was appointed Finance Director of the newly created Granada Purchasing Limited. Two years later he was appointed Finance and Commercial Director adding Non Food Purchasing responsibilities for Granada Television, Forte Hotels, Granada Technology, Granada Motorways and Sutcliffe Catering, managing a spend in excess of £500m p.a. Following the merger of Compass and Granada, Sukh was appointed Commercial Director responsible for developing a separate purchasing services business for third parties. During this time Sukh also gained an MBA with Oxford Brookes University. In 2002, Sukh was appointed Managing Director of Compass Purchasing UK, managing spend of £1bn p.a. He was invited to join the UK Board in September 2003. In August 2004 Sukh was appointed Commercial Director of SSP. Sukh’s core responsibilities include supply chain and category management.

Tony graduated from Hollings Faculty with a degree in Hotel and Catering management in 1982 and joined British Rail's Catering operation, Travellers' Fare as a Management Trainee. He took on various roles for Travellers' Fare, principally in operations and marketing before becoming Managing Director of the business in 2000.

Chris began his career in retail management with J Sainsbury PLC before moving on to join Texas Homecare, then part of the Ladbroke Group. Chris held various roles in Store Management and then management development within the Ladbroke Group. Chris joined Coopers & Lybrand HR consulting in 1994 advising businesses on planning and implementing change in their organisations. He moved to Granada Motorways and was appointed Human Resources Director for Motorways in 1996, with responsibility for quality and customer service. In 1999 he became Human Resources Director for the Granada Restaurants Division, which included contract catering, roadside restaurants and motorways. Following the merger of Compass and Granada in 2000 Chris spent three years as Human Resources Development Director with responsibility for development and succession of the senior management team and internal communications. In 2003 he was appointed to the position of Human Resources Director, SSP.

CEO of SSP’s Central Europe and Middle East division, Johann graduated from the Hotel and Tourism Management School in Salzburg, Austria in 1975. He began his working life in the hotel business, working for InterContinental Hotels and Sheraton in Austria, Germany, Kuwait and Turkey. Johann joined SSP in 1992, in Turkey, as Area Manager Airport Restaurants. He then moved to the then Head Office in Copenhagen as VP Operations and in 2000 he became head of the SSP Global Business Team in Chertsey, UK. In April 2004, Johann was appointed CEO of Central Europe and he is now based in Frankfurt. He also has overall responsibility for SSP’s Eastern European and North African business, as well as the Middle East.

Hans-Erik, CEO SSP Nordic & President Asia Pacific, has a diploma in Finance and Marketing and began his professional career with 10 years in the travel business.
Hans-Erik subsequently owned a business in the supermarket trade. He was then Marketing Manager for the supermarket chain VIVO with 200 units in Western Sweden and moved on to the role of Marketing Manager for wholesale dealer DAGAB Väst responsible for purchasing and sales. He then moved into the department store business as Managing Director for NK in Gothenburg and was promoted to Sector Head for the department store division within NK Sweden.
Hans-Erik joined Compass Group in 1994 as Managing Director for SSP Sweden, based in Stockholm. In Autumn 1997 he was tasked with the role of Vice President Asia Pacific to establish SSP in Hong Kong at the new airport Chek Lap Kok and at the same time he had responsibility for SSP operations in Thailand and Singapore, based in Hong Kong.

Hans-Erik returned to Sweden in late 1999 and the role of Managing Director SSP,  which was extended later on also to include a coordinating responsibility for the Nordic companies. In April 2004 he was promoted to the position of CEO for the SSP Nordic region and President for Asia Pacific.

SSP’s Chief Financial Officer Jonathan attended Portsmouth Grammar School in England and studied chemistry at Oxford University. He began his career in 1984 with Unilever on its management development programme, working at Van den Bergh Foods.

In 1987 Jonathan joined a start-up strategy consulting group, OC&C, which he helped to grow over the next 8 years to become a business with over 50 staff in London and several European offices. The majority of his work was for FMCG and retail clients. During this time he also took a 12 month break to study for an MBA, at INSEAD in France.

In 1995 Jonathan joined Safeway, the UK supermarket group, as Planning Director and joined the Operations Board as Finance Director in 1999. During his time at Safeway, Jonathan was involved in the successful turnaround in the performance of the business between 1999 and 2002 and ultimately the sale of Safeway to Morrisons plc. Jonathan joined SSP as CFO in 2004.

Les was formerly the Executive Vice President of Business Development and Design and Construction at HMS Host. While with HMS Host, Les managed a development staff responsible for new contracts, landlord relations and improving portfolio real estate values. He was also responsible for Communications and Alliances / Compliance. Prior to working with HMS Host, Les worked with Marriott Hotels, American Security Bank, and United Parcel Service. Les serves on several association and corporate boards, holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in finance and economics, and resides in the Bethesda, Maryland area.