The Queen’s Birthday Honours lists 2017 recognise the achievements of a wide range of extraordinary people from across the UK.
Alastair Storey is a Scottish businessman, now Chairman and CEO of Westbury Street Holdings (WSH), which he founded in 2000.
Storey joined P&O’s Sutcliffe Catering Services as a trainee manager in 1975, rising to managing director of Sutcliffe Catering South East. In 1993, Granada bought Sutcliffe, and then Forte in 1996, and Storey became managing director of the newly formed Granada Food Services division.
In 2000, Storey formed Wilson Storey with Keith Wilson, his former finance director, and after further mergers and acquisitions, Wilson Storey Halliday merged with BaxterSmith to become BaxterStorey in 2004.
WSH owns BaxterStorey, Portico, Caterlink, Holroyd Howe, Benugo and Searcys, and its headquarters, WSH International Investments Limited, is in Reading, Berkshire.
Alistair Storey with Stephanie Beresforde the 2017 Gold Scholar and Edward Griffiths CVO, FIHIn 2011 Storey with fellow trustees launched the Gold Service Scholarship, created to celebrate and recognise the importance of Front of House service. The Queen is patron on the Gold Service Scholarship.
We are delighted to report that Alastair Storey has been awarded with an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, and offer our congratulations.