Denis has served as a Non-executive Director of Bakkavor since February 2017. Denis has extensive leadership experience within the retail sector, spending the majority of his career with the McDonald’s Corporation in a variety of senior financial and operational roles before becoming President and Chief Executive Officer of McDonald’s Europe, where he was responsible for changing the image and concept, securing its market-leading position. Denis was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Accor in 2011 where he was responsible for an estate spread across over 90 countries. He left Accor in 2013 to pursue an advisory and portfolio career. Denis is currently a Non-executive Director of Eurostar International Limited, JDE Peet’s, Elior and Expresso House. He is also Vice-Chairman of Pret A Manger, Chairman of PICARD Company Limited and Kellydeli, and a founding partner of investment fund French Food Capital.