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Graham is an experienced Finance Director, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, with a background that spans international business, listed and private environments, and a variety of sectors including high growth digital.

Graham began his career with KPMG, where he qualified as a chartered accountant, and then moved into industry, where he held a number of senior finance roles in a wide range of sectors, gaining a wealth of experience in operational and commercial issues, acquisitions, integrations and turnaround scenarios.  

In 2011 Graham joined Just Eat and was a key member of the executive leadership team that grew the business from early-stage funding to a FTSE 100 business with a turnover of over £1billion, and its ultimate merger in 2020 with Takeaway.com, moving from UK Finance Director to UK Managing Director and then to Global Chief Operating Officer.

Graham is currently a Non-Executive Director and advisor to a number of businesses, including an early-stage Ed Tech business aimed at improving child literacy, a digital photography and marketing business in the Prop Tech sector, and a global supplier of luxury flooring.  Graham is also a mentor for the ICAEW on their FTEN Leadership program, and a small business mentor on the Government’s Help To Grow scheme.

Graham is a Loughborough alumnus who graduated in 1991 with a degree in Accounting and Financial Management.