Appointment of new CFO & Group Delivery Director

Franchise Brands PLC

18 May 2026

 

18 May 2026

FRANCHISE BRANDS PLC

("Franchise Brands", the "Group" or the "Company")

Directorate changes - Appointment of new Chief Financial Officer and appointment of Group Delivery Director

Franchise Brands plc (AIM: FRAN), a platform of international B2B franchise brands focused on essential services through a mobile workforce is pleased to announce the appointment of Neil Miller as a Director of the Company and as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with effect from 26 May 2026 and the appointment of Andrew Mallows as Group Delivery Director.

Neil Miller is an experienced CFO with 30 years' experience across listed, Private Equity and blue-chip multinational businesses spanning industrial and manufacturing sectors and FMCG. He has a proven track record of delivering transformational change in finance functions combined with strong commercial discipline, with a focus on driving value for stakeholders.  Most recently he was Group CFO of Praesidiad, a PE-backed global security solutions group and, prior to that, Group CFO of Scott Bader, an employee-owned global manufacturer.  He also has FTSE100/250 public markets experience from senior finance roles at DS Smith and De La Rue, which built on his previous finance experience at Diageo and Mars. 

Andrew Mallows, who has held the role of CFO since June 2024, is appointed to the newly created role of Group Delivery Director and will step down as a Director of the Company and from the Board on 26 May 2026. In 2024, the Board took the decision to combine Andrew's commercial and financial experience to strengthen the leadership of the finance team whilst also providing more focus on the integration of Pirtek and Filta with the Water & Waste Services division. Since then, the Group has made significant progress with the implementation of the One Franchise Brands strategic initiative, in particular the roll out of Group-wide IT systems, including the NetSuite global finance system. This is enhancing efficiency across the Group and expanding revenue streams.

The Group's focus is now on completing the integration of the Group and delivering to shareholders the full benefits of that integration, in particular from the Group-wide IT platform. This will be a key factor in driving operational gearing and the Board is of the view the optimal way for this to be delivered now is to have a clear focus on finance and on commercially focused delivery. With a combination of Neil and Andrew's experience and expertise, the Group is very well set to achieve this.

Stephen Hemsley, Executive Chairman, commented:

"I am delighted we have attracted a new CFO of Neil Miller's calibre. One of Franchise Brands' key strategic priorities is to capitalise on the two-year long, multi-million-pound, investment we have made in IT and integrating our three significant acquisitions. The appointment of a new CFO with a strong background in value creation and finance transformation will provide experience and focus in this area, whilst allowing Andrew to drive the more commercial benefits of Group-wide integration. Together with the broader leadership team, Neil and Andrew will play a key role in completing and realising the benefits of our B2B franchise platform which will be the cornerstone of our future organic and acquisitive growth."

Enquiries:

Franchise Brands plc	+ 44 (0) 1625 813231
Stephen Hemsley, Executive Chairman
Peter Molloy, Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Mallows, Chief Financial Officer
Julia Choudhury, Corporate Development Director
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)	[phone]
Matthew Blawat
Jason Grossman
Allenby Capital Limited (Joint Broker)	[phone]
Jeremy Porter / Liz Kirchner (Corporate Finance)
Amrit Nahal / Tony Quirke (Sales & Corporate Broking)
MHP Group (Financial PR)	[phone]
Katie Hunt / Hugo Harris	[phone]
	[e-mail]

About Franchise Brands plc

Franchise Brands (FTSE AIM UK 50) is a platform of international B2B franchise brands focused on essential services through a mobile workforce. We have clarity of purpose which is acquire, develop and scale proven franchise businesses. Our focus is to help our franchisees grow their businesses, so that "as they grow, we grow".  

Our franchise partners benefit from our One Franchise Brands platform which includes shared, bespoke technology systems, a strategic growth maximisation methodology and management franchising expertise.

We have 7 franchise brands in 10 countries, approximately 600 franchisees and 2,500 mobile service vehicles. We focus on resilient reactive and planned services and carry out approximately 1.3m jobs per year at an average value of £325 for approximately 65,000 commercial customers. We earn an average management service fee of 15% from each job undertaken by our franchise partners.  

Our market-leading brands include Pirtek, Metro Rod and Filta. We employ approximately 600 people across the Group and there are over 3,000 people employed in the franchise community.

For further information, visit www.franchisebrands.co.uk.

Schedule

The following information is disclosed in respect of Neil Miller as required by Rule 17 and Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Neil Julian Miller is aged 52 and is not currently serving as a director of any companies.  During the past five years he has held directorships or partnerships of the following entities:

Date from	Date of cessation	Role / position	Business name
17/4/2025	9/1/2026	Director	Betafence Limited
17/4/2025	9/1/2026	Director	Praesidiad Security Solutions Limited
9/12/2024	9/1/2026	Director	Praesidiad Group Limited
9/12/2024	9/1/2026	Director	Praesidiad Limited
17/4/2025	9/1/2026	Director	Praesidiad Holding HK
17/4/2025	9/1/2026	Director	BF Holdings SAS (France)
17/4/2025	9/1/2026	Director	Praesidiad Switzerland
28/2/2023	31/10/2024	Director	Synthetic Resins Limited
28/2/2023	31/10/2024	Director	Scott Bader Brazil Limited
28/2/2023	31/10/2024	Director	Boldhelp Limited
28/2/2023	31/10/2024	Director	Scott Bader Exports Limited
28/2/2023	31/10/2024	Director	Hypar Tank Panels Limited
28/1/2023	31/10/2024	Director	Strand Glassfibre Limited
25/1/2023	31/10/2024	Director	Scott Bader Company Limited
22/8/2016	30/4/2022	Director	DS Smith Logistics Limited
22/8/2016	30/4/2022	Director	DS Smith Paper Limited

Neil Miller does not own any ordinary shares in the Company or hold any options over ordinary shares of Franchise Brands at this stage.

There is no other information that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

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