Series of appointments to Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group board announced

A series of appointments to the board of the Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group has been announced.

Lucy Worth has been appointed operations director of the group, which encompasses Jamie's Italian, Barbecoa and Fifteen, while Tamsin Ashmore takes up the position of finance director.

Worth was formerly operations director of Byron Hamburgers, while Ashmore was finance director for film and TV Vfx at Technicolor.

Internal movements will see Hamish Goldie, currently head of international business operations, promoted to international operations director with a brief to maintain development and growth overseas.

Nick Schapira is to leave the Jamie's Italian international business at the beginning of November.

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