The boss of BrewDog’s bars division is to turn into the following chief government of Prezzo, the privately owned informal eating chain.
Business sources mentioned his appointment could be unveiled by Prezzo on Thursday.
Prezzo, which is owned by Cain Worldwide, trades from slightly below 100 shops and employs greater than 2,000 folks.
Its efficiency has been stabilised beneath the interim management of Dean Challenger, who will resume his former function as chief monetary officer, in line with insiders.
Prezzo got here near collapse in the course of the pandemic, turning to a restructuring plan to shut about 40 loss-making eating places.
Sources mentioned it was now again in enlargement mode, with a pipeline of potential websites being examined.
Mr Brown spent 9 years at BrewDog, together with a number of as chief government of its bars division.
Previous to that, he was at G1 Group, now referred to as Scotsman Group, Scotland’s largest unbiased hospitality operator.
Prezzo declined to remark.