Dominic Blakemore
Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Petros Parras
Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Nationality: Greek
Appointment: Joined the Board and Executive Committee in December 2023. Previously held the role of Regional Finance Director Europe and the Middle East.
Key skills and competencies: Petros has extensive financial, operational and portfolio transformation experience in large multinational businesses. He holds a BSc in Physics from Ioannina University and a PhD in Chemistry from Reading University.
Previous experience: Prior to joining Compass, Petros worked in fast-moving consumer goods businesses including Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser and Coty in Europe and North America in senior finance, operational and strategic roles.
Palmer Brown
Group Chief Operating Officer (COO), North America
Nationality: American
Appointment: Appointed to the Board in October 2021. Previously held the role of Group CFO. Assumed the role of Group COO, North America in December 2023.
Key skills and competencies: During his tenure, Palmer has held a variety of senior finance, strategy and legal positions and played a central role as a member of the Executive team in North America. He also coordinated many of the acquisitions and disposals for the Group. Palmer has degrees in business and law and is a certified public accountant.
Previous experience: Palmer is the former Group CFO and a former Group Commercial Director and Chief Strategy Officer, Compass Group North America. Prior to that, he served as General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Corporate & Legal Affairs for the Group’s US business.
Deborah Lee
Group Chief People & Culture Officer
Nationality: British
Appointment: Appointed to the Executive Committee in September 2021, having joined the Group in 2019.
Key Skills and competencies: Deborah is highly experienced in strategic leadership, stakeholder engagement and people management in multinational environments. She is a chemistry graduate from Imperial College, London, holds a post-graduate qualification in Personnel Management, an HR MBA and is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Previous experience: Deborah started her career at BT as a graduate in 1997, where she spent almost 20 years in various senior leadership roles across HR and learning and development. In 2016, she joined a luxury Italian online fashion retailer as Chief People Officer before joining Compass in 2019 as Group Engagement Director. Deborah possesses a wealth of global experience, having studied and worked in the US, Europe and the UK.
Shelley Roberts
Chief Executive Officer, International
Nationality: Austrian / South African
Appointment: Appointed to the Executive Committee in January 2022 as Group Chief Commercial Officer, having joined the Group in 2017. Appointed Chief Executive Officer, International, in May 2026.
Key skills and competencies: Shelley has extensive strategic, operational and commercial management experience, including M&A, gained in leadership positions with Australian and FTSE listed organisations in highly complex operating environments. She is a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW), Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Business Science and Finance (Hons) from the University of Cape Town.
Previous experience: Prior to joining Compass, Shelley was the Chief Operating Officer at Sydney Airport, Managing Director of Tiger Airways and also worked in investment banking at Macquarie Bank as a Division Director in Australia. Shelley qualified as a Chartered Accountant at KPMG in London, subsequently joining easyJet Plc, where she held various senior finance and strategy roles in the UK.
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