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German Doner Kebab appoints 2 to leadership team

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October 6, 2021

German Doner Kebab has appointed Mike Brouwers and Georgina Cavendish to its leadership team to support the fast casual brand's international growth plans, according to a company press release.

Brouwers, the senior director of marketing for GDK UK and Europe division, has over 25 years of global, regional, and local commercial experience. He has worked with multinational companies including Subway, as the regional marketing director for Europe, and for Diageo as a global brand director.

Cavendish joins as CFO for GDK International Limited from another brand in Hero Brand's portfolio, Island Poké, where she worked as the finance director.

The brand has grown to more than 90 restaurants worldwide.

"We are delighted to be welcoming Mike and Georgina to the GDK family," Imran Sayeed, CEO of GDK International, said in the release. "Mike is a strategic thinker and has the knowledge and wisdom to drive our business forward. Likewise, Georgina has a wealth of fast-casual dining and start-up experience. They both will be instrumental in driving marketing initiatives across our network and will further reinforce GDK as a brand of the future."

GDK opened its first restaurant in Berlin in 1989 and spent the next decade developing products and recipes. Based in Glasgow, Scotland, the brand has grown in the U.K., Europe and the Middle East, including the U.S., Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Ireland.

German Doner Kebab is owned by the Hero Brands group.