Spur Corporation | About

BLAINE FREER | Development (Age 43)
- 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.
BRITT FULLER | National Training (Age 42)
- Britt has almost 26 years of experience in the restaurant business, starting when she helped out in her mother’s restaurant. Britt joined Spur almost 13 years ago and is currently responsible for national training.
COLEEN EVA | Gauteng Manufacturing Facility (Age 57)
- 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 48)
- Duncan started out in the packaging business. He began his career at Spur as a waiter 24 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.
IAN MCMAHON | Group Information Technology (Age 40)
- Ian has spent two decades with Spur, starting as a teenaged waiter in the mid-1980s. He has moved progressively through the ranks to the position of Head of Group IT. Ian looks after the group’s technology needs and runs the in-house radio station, Taste FM.
MICHELE VAN DER MERWE | Supply Chain Manager (Age 40)
- Michele completed her Bachelor of Social Science degree in Durban, and thereafter numerous business management courses, a business management diploma, and first year MBA. She started her career in the automotive trade in Durban, and then moved to Johannesburg in 1999 into the food and beverage business. She joined the Spur Group in May 2006. She is primarily responsible
  for managing the supply of products to the Spur Group and ensuring a secure supply chain that minimises inefficiencies within the group.
PETER WRIGHT | Human Resources (Age 57)
- 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 30)
- 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.
RAYMOND SUTER | Regional Operations (Age 43)
- Raymond studied at Cape Technikon for two years. In 1987 he joined Spur as a trainee manager and in 1993 he was promoted to Area Manager. Raymond was appointed as Regional Operations Manager in 2002.
SACHA DU PLESSIS | Commercial Marketing Manager (Age 30)
- 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 consumer insights to deliver profitable growth turnover the Spur, Panarottis and John Dory’s brands.
STAMATIS KAPSIMALIS (KAPSI) | Managing Director John Dory's (Age 41)
- 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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