SSP Group
#4413
Rank
$1.79B
Marketcap
United Kingdom
Country
Mr. Jonathan Davies (Deputy CEO, CFO & Exec. Director)
Mr. Patrick F. Coveney B.Com., B.Comm, D.Phil, DPHIL, M.Phil (Group CEO & Director)
Mr. Mark Smith (Chief Digital & Technology Officer)
Summary
History
The business was established as a division of Scandinavian airline SAS Group under the name of SAS Catering in 1961. Its Select Service Partner division was acquired by Compass Group in May 1993 for £72 million. Compass then merged SSP with several other companies it owned, including Travellers Fare, British Rail's former catering division which had been privatised under a management buy-out in 1988 before being bought by Compass in 1992. In 2006 the business was bought by EQT Partners for £1.822 billion. The company was the subject of an initial public offering in 2014.During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, SSP announced it was cutting 5,000 UK jobs across its chains, including Upper Crust and Caffè Ritazza, as part of a restructuring aimed at keeping the company afloat. In November 2022 it was announced that SSP was buying AMT Coffee out of administration.
Mission
Vision
Key Team
Ms. Sarah John (Director of Corp. Affairs)
Ms. Helen Byrne (Group Gen. Counsel & Company Sec.)
Mr. Nathan Clements (Chief People Officer)
Mr. Sukh Tiwana (Chief Procurement Officer)
Mr. Mark Angela (Chief Bus. Devel. & Strategy Officer and CEO India and EEME)
Mr. Michael Svagdis (Chief Exec. Officer of SSP America)
Mr. Richard Lewis (Chief Exec. Officer of SSP UK ,Ireland & LATAM)
Recognition and Awards
References
Mr. Jonathan Davies (Deputy CEO, CFO & Exec. Director)
Mr. Patrick F. Coveney B.Com., B.Comm, D.Phil, DPHIL, M.Phil (Group CEO & Director)
Mr. Mark Smith (Chief Digital & Technology Officer)
