UK • MENA • ASEAN
SENIOR OPERATORS.
NOT CAREER CONSULTANTS.
H3 works with founders, investors and boards to build, fix and scale food & beverage businesses - drawing on a combined 60 years of experience of senior leadership across 30+ countries.
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Our team has held senior leadership roles at some of the world's most respected hospitality and consumer brands.
Services
Investment Advisory & Transactions
For investors, acquirers and sellers.
We bring operator-grade diligence to F&B transactions. For investors, that means commercial and operational due diligence that goes beyond the data room — site-level economics, management capability, supply chain exposure, and the gap between the deck and the floor. For founders preparing to raise or exit, we get the business transaction-ready: clean unit economics, defensible growth story, and a leadership structure buyers believe in.
Typical work: buy-side operational due diligence · exit readiness · post-acquisition value creation plans · independent board advisory.
Concept Development
For founders, developers and hospitality groups launching something new.
Concepts fail on economics more often than on ideas. We develop and pressure-test concepts from first principles — market positioning, menu architecture, labour model, site criteria and full unit-level P&L — so what opens is built to replicate, not just to launch. For developers and landlords, we advise on F&B strategy, tenant mix and operator selection for mixed-use and destination projects.
Typical work: concept feasibility and financial modelling · brand and menu architecture · pilot site development · operator search and selection.
Operations Excellence
For operators whose growth has outrun their infrastructure.
We diagnose and fix the operational drag that erodes margin at scale: food and labour cost variance, inconsistent execution across sites, supply agreements that no longer fit the footprint. Our reviews are conducted by people who have run these businesses — SOP audits, org design, supply chain restructuring and performance management systems that hold once we leave.
Typical work: full operational audits · SOP design and audit · supply chain and procurement restructuring · multi-site performance frameworks.
Commercial & Growth Strategy
For boards and leadership teams deciding what's next.
Franchise or company-owned. Which market, which format, what pace. We build growth strategies grounded in unit economics rather than ambition — market entry planning, franchise model design and partner selection, and pricing and revenue strategy across channels including delivery and retail.
Typical work: market entry strategy · franchise architecture and partner selection · pricing and channel strategy · growth capital readiness.
Our Team
COLLECTIVE EXPERTISE
Our team brings together over 60 years of combined senior leadership across 30+ countries. Individually, we have held CEO, C-suite, and senior leadership roles roles at Yum!, Tasha's Group, The Minor Group, and Ennismore. Collectively, we bring a depth of real-world operating experience that no generalist consultancy can match. Get in touch to find out what that experience can do for your business.
Founder
Andrew Holman
40 years leading international restaurant businesses through scale, turnaround and capital events.
Andrew has held CEO, Managing Director and C-suite roles across more than 30 countries. Most recently, as CEO of Eathos in Dubai, he was brought in to improve returns on a $150M capital raise managed by TriSpan PE - delivering consecutive sales and EBITDA growth over five years, including through COVID, securing board approval for over $60M of new investment, and expanding a portfolio of international franchise brands including Tortilla, Rosa's Thai and SushiArt. His earlier career spans two decades with Yum! Restaurants International and leadership roles at Minor Food and The Pizza Company, Thailand's largest pizza chain.
At H3, Andrew advises boards, family offices and executive teams on franchise structuring, brand positioning, operational execution and commercial negotiation.
Career markers
- CEO, Eathos, Dubai (5 yrs) - consecutive sales and EBITDA growth on a $150M PE-backed platform; $60M+ new investment approved; pioneered virtual brands via cloud kitchens.
- Managing Director, Minor Food UK - 40% YoY net profit improvement in year one; led JV acquisition with Patara Fine Thai Cuisine.
- VP & General Manager, The Pizza Company, Bangkok (8 yrs) - grew from 100 restaurants/$90M to 300+/$250M, tripling net profit; franchised into six new territories.
- Yum! Restaurants International (20+ yrs) - Operations then Marketing Director, Pizza Hut MENA (350+ stores, $500M+ revenue); new market development for KFC and Taco Bell.
Principals
— Pedigree
Our team brings senior leadership experience from globally respected brands including Yum! Restaurants International, The Minor Group, Bacardi, Diageo and Ennismore - with hands-on operational expertise spanning more than 30 countries.
— Reach
Active engagements in London, Dubai, and Bangkok, working with some of the region's most ambitious hospitality businesses - collectively representing hundreds of outlets across three continents.
— Approach
We do not use templates. Every solution is bespoke to the site, the chef, and the capital structure. This precision is what separates a concept that survives from one that merely opens.
Start the conversation
H3 takes on a small number of retained clients each year. If you are building something serious, now is the time to talk. Get in touch for a confidential briefing: