Spur Corporation | About

BLAINE FREER | Development (Age 45)
- Blaine started his career as a waiter while in high school. He moved into management and became a partner in various Spur restaurants. He joined Head Office in 1998, after ten years as a Spur franchisee. He is responsible for the development of new restaurants and the relocation and revamping of existing outlets.
COLEEN EVA | Gauteng Manufacturing Facility (Age 59)
- Coleen completed a one-year Diploma in bookkeeping and business economics at Modern Methods Business School in Johannesburg. She joined Spur in 1981 and is responsible for running the manufacturing facility in Gauteng.
DUNCAN WERNER | Procurement And Development (Age 50)
- Duncan started out in the packaging business. He began his career at Spur as a waiter 25 years ago, and joined Head Office in 1988. Duncan is in charge of national procurement, Western Cape development and menu engineering. He also oversees the manufacturing facilities and Spur Décor.
LOUW LIEBENBERG | Chief Operating Officer - Panarottis (Age 35)
- Louw joined Spur in October 2008, to take over the reigns from Kevin Robertson in managing the operations and future growth of the Panarottis Pizza Pasta franchise business in South Africa. He has an MBA from the University of Cape Town and a Masters degree from the University of Stellenbosch.
PETER WRIGHT | Human Resources (Age 59)
- Peter started as a waiter at Golden Spur in 1975. Over the next five years, Peter gained further experience at the Cape Town central kitchen, Midnite Grill and Hard Rock Café. Peter left the group for ten years but rejoined in 1991 and worked on developing Panarottis Pizza Pasta. Peter is head of Human Resources.
PHILLIP MATTHEE | Chief Financial Officer (Age 32)
- Phillip joined Spur in January 2007 as new business development manager. He qualified as a CA(SA) in December 2002 after completing his articles at a Big Four audit firm. He worked for a further two years in the audit profession and then as Group Accountant for a large retail chain before joining Spur. In September 2008 Phillip was appointed group chief financial officer.
SACHA DU PLESSIS | Commercial Marketing Manager (Age 32)
- Sacha joined Spur in January 2007. He has an Honours degree in Business Management from the University of Stellenbosch. Sacha’s role is the management of Group Marketing in order to build a strong brand portfolio based on market strategies that explore customer insights to deliver profitable turnover growth for the Spur, Panarottis and John Dory’s brands.
STAMATIS KAPSIMALIS ("KAPSI") | Managing Director John Dory's (Age 43)
- Kapsi tried his hand at a number of ventures before finding his niche in the fish and grill business, when he founded John Dory’s Fish & Grill. The first restaurant opened its doors in 1996 in Musgrave Road, Durban. Kapsi managed to grow John Dory’s Fish & Grill into a successful brand, comprising seven outlets in KwaZulu-Natal, before selling 60% of the business to Spur Corporation.

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