The Burhill Group Ltd (BGL) introduced at present that Colin Mayes has knowledgeable the Board of his intention to step down from his position as Group Chief Govt Officer by March 31, 2025 after 19 years within the position.
Via his tenure as CEO, Mayes has overseen the transformation of BGL into one of the profitable golf and leisure companies within the UK. Throughout this time the Guinness family-owned BGL enterprise has grown from eight golf services in 2006 to 29 retailers at present, with an extra two to be opened later this 12 months.
Mayes is very revered by many as a progressive chief and power within the trade and has always strived to convey new concepts and improvements into the golf sector. A lot of BGL’s companies are seen as class-leading inside their market, whether or not that be in well being and health services, journey golf (each indoor and outside) or technology-enabled driving ranges.
He has additionally been instrumental in not solely growing BGL’s enlargement into the experiential leisure market, but in addition the those who have grown with it. Beneath the Mulligans and BUNKERS! manufacturers, there at the moment are 14 companies in operation. Alongside the enlargement into the younger household exercise market with the event of 5 Ninja UK venues, this development has turned BGL right into a year-round leisure enterprise, shielded from the seasonal challenges usually discovered inside conventional golf operations.
BGL Chairman Edward Clive commented: “The Board want to pay tribute to Colin’s management of the Group. Colin has had an extended and distinguished profession inside the hospitality sector and as a household we’re very grateful for his important contribution to the Group. He has remodeled the enterprise from being purely golf to a broader leisure enterprise, while delivering increased returns to help reinvestment into ongoing Group ESG initiatives and our BGL staff. The Group is in a really sturdy place because it enters the subsequent part of improvement and development.”
Mayes added: “It has been an enormous privilege to guide BGL since 2006 and see each our enterprise and our great staff of individuals develop and develop. I’m assured that there’s nonetheless important alternative for additional development, and I need to thank everyone concerned and need all of them continued success for the subsequent stage of BGL’s improvement. It has additionally been a pleasure to serve on the Boards and help our nice trade with each the UKGF and the European GCAE.
“I’m trying ahead to spending extra time with my household and participating in my numerous sporting actions, in addition to staying energetic inside enterprise.”
The Board has begun a proper course of to discover a successor, contemplating each inner and exterior candidates. Mayes will proceed as Group Chief Govt Officer throughout this course of and guarantee a clean and orderly transition.
