Brandie Deignan

Chief Executive Officer, Pier Health Group, Former Managing Director, Marco Pierre White Restaurants.

In early 2021 Brandie joined primary care within NHS in general practice as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to this role, Brandie was Managing Director at Marco Pierre White Restaurants, cementing her c20 years’ experience in the consumer service delivery industry across hospitality, retail and aviation. Before her MD role, Brandie held senior leadership positions at British Airways Plc, Tesco Plc, Whitbread, Travelodge and Hilton Hotels, where she started her career as a graduate trainee and worked her way up.

A true trailblazer, Brandie was the first female MD to hold her MD role at MPW Restaurants. As of 2020, Brandie was the first black female MD within branded restaurant groups in the UK. Brandie was recently named as one of the top 15 BAME high fliers in travel and tourism industry and was a finalist at the Black British Business Awards, Senior Leader, Consumer and Luxury 2020.

Brandie was recently voted No 41 of the Top 50 listening leaders and also nominated in the National Diversity Awards for positive role model, gender diversity. Passionate about equity, she is sprinting in the EDI arena, with non-executive roles held in this space. Brandie was most recently also nominated in the West Country Women’s awards for Equality and Diversity.

Brandie is the author of The Sector Agnostic Leadership Playbook: Pivoting In Heels.