Abokado has appointed Richard Zivkovic as its new Operations Director in a move which further strengthens their management team in support of their rapid expansion.
Richard joins Abokado from Costa where he was regional operations director. Previous to that he enjoyed senior roles as head of operations at Pret A Manager, as operations director at Be At One and at the Restaurant Group.
Mark Lilley, Managing Director of Abokado said, “‘We’re really excited to have Richard on board. He was the outstanding candidate for this role, having gained a wealth of experience during his 20 years in the restaurant sector. This is our first Board level ops hire and builds on our previous appointments of a Head of Talent and Head of Coffee which we made during 2014.
“We recognise that only by appointing the best people in the sector will we be able to achieve our ambitious expansion plans and our goal of being the ‘go to’ place within the healthy food sector. Richard brings with him experience which is directly relevant to what we do and I have no doubt that he’ll add huge value to our business.
“His appointment will also free up more of my time to concentrate on securing our pipeline. We have our next five stores in build or legals which will take us to 28 sites.”
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