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Dan is the founder and CEO of Sessions, the distribution engine for restaurant brands. He has a wealth of experience growing start-up businesses, playing an instrumental role at both Travel Zoo and Deliveroo in the early stages and growing them to billion-dollar valuations.

Before joining Sessions, Dan was Managing Director of Deliveroo, where he helped lead the company from a 12-person start-up to the fastest growing company in Europe and launched the original ‘Editions’ programme, overseeing the management of multi-operator kitchens.

Jack is the Chief Operating Officer at Sessions, he leads the company’s strategy, operations, and growth as it redefines how hospitality brands are built and scaled. Jack is an experienced operator and growth leader with a proven track record in scaling fast-moving consumer and hospitality businesses.

Before joining Sessions, Jack was Global Retail Growth Director at BrewDog, where he led international franchising, property, and retail expansion. Prior to that, he spent several years at Yum! Brands, leading franchise operations and development for Pizza Hut across Europe, overseeing more than 1,500 sites and driving the region’s M&A and growth strategy. Jack began his career at PwC Consulting, where he built a strong foundation in strategy, performance improvement, and organisational effectiveness.

James is responsible for capital stewardship, growth discipline and economic clarity across the business. He has over 20 years’ financial and operational experience within consumer led, fast paced businesses.

Before joining Sessions James held CFO roles at Territory Group and Vision Nine Entertainment, where he led on M&A, capital raising and international expansion whilst guiding the businesses through periods of significant change. Prior that, he spent 10 years at NBCUniversal and IMG, where he worked across international markets and supported major commercial partnerships, operational transformation and large-scale revenue growth initiatives.

James began his career at Grant Thornton and is a Chartered Accountant.

Graham is an experienced leader in the hospitality and leisure industry, currently serving as Chairman at Sessions. With a career spanning over three decades, he has led and advised some of the UK’s best-known restaurant and pub groups, including as CEO of Tragus Group and Chairman of The Liberation Group.

Graham also holds Non-Executive roles at ETM Group, Maven Leisure and Ole & Steen, bringing strategic insight and commercial expertise to support Sessions’ growth and brand development.

Matt leads the company’s physical restaurants business and growth of its lead brands. Matt is a commercial and tech leader with deep experience in building and scaling B2B and B2C businesses.

Before Sessions, Matthew built and led Amazon Launchpad Europe, Amazon’s accelerator for thousands of startups, a global organisation of >100 employees delivering $billions of sales across worldwide B2B and B2C markets.

Jordan oversees culinary product and supply chain, he and his team develop all of the culinary products for our brands, working closely to optimise the menu and supply chain for all new brands entering the Sessions portfolio. He also looks after the supply chain, ensuring all products we sell are market-leading in both cost and quality. He has almost 10 years of experience developing culinary products in fast–moving scale-ups.

Before joining Sessions, Jordan spent 8 years at Gousto, leading on the food proposition amidst extraordinary growth.

Gianluca leads the system architecture for the Sessions Serve platform. He is an engineering leader with almost two decades of experience creating clarity from complexity and enabling teams to deliver with impact, primarily in high-growth startups.

His work in Italy and the UK has focused on building scalable, resilient platforms across diverse industries—from energy and video streaming to hospitality.

Paula leads the Data & Analytics team to drive the scaling of food brands. She is responsible for translating data insights into strategic action as well as building and deploying advanced analytics solutions, including machine learning models, which are critical for identifying high-potential brands and optimising strategic site locations. 

Drawing on her background in strategic consulting and data science at Kearney, Paula partners with all parts of the business to execute high-impact initiatives that substantially improve Sessions’ operations, commercial and overall growth activities

Kelly joined Sessions in 2021 to spearhead the HR function, bringing a wealth of expertise from the heart of the hospitality and food sectors. With a proven track record at industry-leading brands including Eataly, Prezzo, and Côte Brasserie, she possesses a deep understanding of the unique people challenges within the culinary world. Kelly specialises in driving end-to-end HR strategies, with particular expertise in high-growth recruitment, learning and development, and comprehensive compensation and benefits programs.

Jimmy leads Partnerships at Sessions, where he identifies opportunities and fosters relationships with partners, working collaboratively to scale them through the Sessions ecosystem with a specific focus around M&A and Master Franchise rights. Jimmy has over 12 years of hospitality experience under his belt with a focus on sourcing, incubating and developing some of the most exciting and well-recognised F&B concepts in London. His finger forever on the pulse and proactive approach has led to a multitude of launches, including Ivan Ramen, Baohaus, Get Baked, TOU and Chick N Sours to name but a few.

Before joining Sessions, Jimmy has worked across various fields of hospitality, including incubating 45+ start-up Street Food concepts in Soho, curating the F&B in a multitude of venues and festivals and moonlighting and staging in kitchens to learn from some of London’s most esteemed restaurants (JKS & Harts Group).

Sheila leads the procurement strategy and supply chain operations. She sources and secures top supply partners to deliver competitive, high quality products for our partners and consumers.

Before joining Sessions, Sheila worked across tech and food corporates Tesco and Amazon. Since then she has worked with food start-ups scaling their commercial and supply propositions from series A to series E.

Caroline drives strategic initiatives and operational excellence across the business. Previously, she served as Operations Director at Sessions, leading the company’s scaling efforts. 

Before joining Sessions, Caroline worked in investment banking and brings her analytical rigour and financial insight to her current role.

James leads performance marketing, experimentation and customer insight at Sessions.

A startup veteran, James previous held roles at L’Estrange, Bark and Ladder.io, consistently scaling acquisition and optimising performance across paid channels. He started his career in biddable marketing at MVF, where he built the B2C paid social function

Cameron is the Group Financial Controller at Sessions, responsible for financial reporting, controls, and supporting the business’s continued growth. He brings strong technical expertise and a detail-driven approach, helping ensure robust financial governance across the group.