Comptoir Group PLC - operator of restaurants with Lebanese and Middle Eastern offering - Following requests by Founder & Creative Director Tony Kitous, Chair Richard Kleiner and Chief Executive Officer Chaker Hanna have resigned with immediate effect.

Kleiner has been replaced by Beatrice Lafon, while Jean-Michel Orieux has been appointed as non-executive director.

Company will start search for a new CEO through an executive search firm, considering both internal and external candidates.

‘I would like to thank our chairman, Richard Kleiner and the entire team at Comptoir for their dedication and commitment in building the company over the past 12.5 years with all the challenges that we had to face. I am leaving the business with current record performance in sales, profit and also record cash position. To this end I’m very grateful to each of our team to enable me to be leaving the business in such a state. I wish the company well,’ Hanna stated.

Current stock price: 9.00 pence

12-month change: up 20%

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