The founder of street food and events business Boxpark is stepping down as chief executive in May, he has announced.
Roger Wade, who sold his majority shares in the company to LDC last year, will hand over the running of the company to managing director Simon Champion and chief operating officer Ben McLaughlin. He will stay on with the firm as a brand consultant and non-executive director.
Mr Wade set up Boxpark 10 years ago and it now has sites in Shoreditch, Wembley and Croydon, in London, as well as a sister brand, called BoxHall, which and is planning the opening of a dockside venue in Bristol next year. The business also recently agreed a 15-year lease with TfL for the Metropolitan Arcade building near Liverpool Street Station to open a BoxHall site in the city in 2023.
