New York City — As part of an aggressive expansion plan for North America, German Doner Kebab USA (GDK USA) has hired Robert Bray (pictured) as operations director and Mark Treptow as director of franchise development, along with recent hires Georgina Cavendish, chief financial officer, and Darren Cooke as marketing director. GDK was founded in 1989. Reporting to Nigel Belton, GDK North America’s managing director, Bray has more than 20 years of operations experience with YUM! Brands and was most recently senior regional franchise director at Church’s Chicken. Treptow has …
Mark Treptow
Glasgow, UK — German Doner Kebab has appointed Mark Treptow as its new franchise director for the USA and Canada as the brand builds on its ambitious international growth plans. He joins the growing restaurant from Fransmart. Treptow is the former senior director of development at Fransmart, where he was responsible for the franchise expansion of high-performing brands such as Five Guys Burgers, Qdoba, The Halal Guys and Freshii. Treptow has over 25 years of sales experience in franchise development and financial services and has been instrumental in the management …