Nigel Travis

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Nigel Travis is an English businessman and corporate executive. Travis was the CEO of the Dunkin' Brands group from January 2009 to July 2018. He has served the board at other corporations, including Papa John's International and Blockbuster LLC.^[2]

History[]

Travis was born in Woodford, England into an entrepreneurial family. His father had several businesses including a uniform business, a twine and rope wholesaling business, and a toy distribution business. Travis graduated from Middlesex University with a bachelor's degree in business administration and worked for Esso Petroleum, Rolls Royce, Kraft and Parker Hannifin the field of human resources.

In 1995 he joined the conglomerate Grand Metropolitan in HR and in 1996 became Group management development director. Following the acquisition of Pillsbury and Burger King by Grand Met in late 1988 he moved to Miami Florida where he joined Burger King as SVP, Human Resources. In 1991 he returned to England in his first operations role with Burger King as managing director for Europe, Middle East & Africa.

1990s[]

Nigel joined Blockbuster, Inc. in 1994 as Senior Vice President, Europe and over the next 10 years was promoted to various positions which included both US and International retail operations.

2000s[]

In 2001, Travis was promoted by Blockbuster Inc. as president and chief operating officer (the number two position) and stayed in that role for three years. In 2005, he was hired by Papa John's Pizza to serve as president and CEO.

Dunkin' Brands[]

In 2008, Travis was hired by Dunkin' Brands to lead as its CEO. Dunkin’ Brands became a publicly held company in 2011 (DNKN). During Travis's time at Dunkin' Brands, the company added 3,300 new Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins shops. In 2010, Travis said his vision was continually to expand Dunkin' Brand's presence in the Southeastern United States and internationally, and that China would be a major focus. He retired from Dunkin’ in December 2018.

Retirement[]

Travis serves as chairman, Dunkin’ Brands and is a member of the board of directors for Advance Auto Parts and Abercrombie & Fitch. He is also Chairman of Fooda based in Chicago and Servpro.

Personal life[]

Nigel Travis has been a fan of the English football club Leyton Orient F.C. since he was a young boy. In June 2017, he led a consortium that rescued the club.^[3] He is married to Joanna Travis and has two children with her, Ian and Brooke Travis. He has a son, David Travis, from a prior marriage.

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