GBN talks to Simon Thompson, the recently-appointed CEO of Burhill Group Ltd, a privately-owned company which operates in the golf and leisure market. BGL Golf operates 22 golf courses across 10 UK venues; Adventure Golf, which operates indoor and outdoor crazy golf venues, including the Mulligans and BUNKERS! brands; and Ninja Leisure, which currently operates from 19 sites across the UK with activities inspired by the Ninja Warrior TV show
Can you tell us about your career background?
I started my career in finance, training as a chartered accountant and then had 14 years in corporate finance. I worked at Ernst & Young doing a variety of different corporate finance projects, focusing on lots of hospitality, leisure, retail and private equity clients. Bourne Leisure was one of my clients during my time at Ernst & Young, and I then joined them in 2010.
I started in a…
